It Happened to Jane

"It's bigger than all of us!"

1959 1h 37m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 72

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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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".

“It's bigger than all of us!”

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Cast

Doris Day
Jane Osgood
Jack Lemmon
George Denham
Ernie Kovacs
Harry Foster Malone
Steve Forrest
Larry Hall
Teddy Rooney
Billy Osgood
Russ Brown
Uncle Otis
Walter Greaza
Crawford Sloan
Parker Fennelly
Homer Bean

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Quine
Writers: Norman Katkov, Norman Katkov, Max Wilk
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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67 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Quine, shot by Charles Lawton Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Charles Nelson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Doris Day and Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's bigger than all of us!".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0052933 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Richard Quine directs. Charles Lawton Jr. behind the camera. Charles Nelson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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167 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Richard Quine, shot by Charles Lawton Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Charles Nelson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Doris Day and Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "It's bigger than all of us!".
6IMDB entry: tt0052933 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles Lawton Jr.
Editing: Charles Nelson
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: It Happened to Jane (1959)

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John Chard2015-10-03
★ 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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