It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

5/8/1959 1h 37m 6.1/10

Overview

Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world".

Director

Richard Quine

Top Billed Cast

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

George Denham

Ernie Kovacs

Ernie Kovacs

Harry Foster Malone

Steve Forrest

Steve Forrest

Larry Hall

Doris Day

Doris Day

Jane Osgood

Russ Brown

Russ Brown

Uncle Otis

Teddy Rooney

Teddy Rooney

Billy Osgood

Reviews

John Chard

10/3/2015

6/10

Not quite a Lobster Newberg. Doris Day is an astute businesswoman who deals in the mass production of Lobsters. When her latest delivery goes awry due to incompetence of the E&P Railroad, she decided to take them on. All while affairs of the heart try to come into play. Nothing really wrong with the film as such, it's all very harmless, a pleasant romantic comedy, with a likable cast (Jack Lemmon & Ernie Kovacs join Day)to while away the time with. It's just not a very interesting story, one where the love arc plays second fiddle to a bunch of over cooked sequences elsewhere. Whilst what could have been a strong feminist front never quite gets driven home. 6/10

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