It Happened to Jane

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It Happened to Jane

"It's bigger than all of us!"

1959

1h 37m

6.1(65 votes)

Comedy

Romance

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".

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Cast & Crew

25 members

Acting

Doris Day

Jane Osgood

Acting

Jack Lemmon

George Denham

Acting

Ernie Kovacs

Harry Foster Malone

Acting

Steve Forrest

Larry Hall

Acting

Teddy Rooney

Billy Osgood

Acting

Russ Brown

Uncle Otis

Acting

Walter Greaza

Crawford Sloan

Acting

Parker Fennelly

Homer Bean

Acting

Mary Wickes

Matilda Runyon

Acting

Philip Coolidge

Wilbur Peterson

Acting

Max Showalter

Selwyn Harris

Writing

John Cecil Holm

Aaron Caldwell

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Acting

Gina Gillespie

Betty Osgood

Acting

Dick Crockett

Clarence Runyon

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Acting

Napoleon Whiting

Eugene - Waiter

Acting

Garry Moore

Acting

Dave Garroway

No Image

Acting

Bill Cullen

Acting

Jayne Meadows

Acting

Henry Morgan

Acting

Robert Paige

Acting

Betsy Palmer

Acting

Steve McCormick

TV Newsman

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Acting

Jack Carter

Stenographer (uncredited)

Acting

Gene Rayburn

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