It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

97 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 24, 1959

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 Happened to Jane

97 mins | Comedy, Romance | May 24, 1959

It Happened to Jane
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".
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title It Happened to Jane
Directors Richard Quine
Writers Max Wilk, Norman Katkov

Cast

Doris Day

as Jane Osgood

Jack Lemmon

as George Denham

Ernie Kovacs

as Harry Foster Malone

Steve Forrest

as Larry Hall

Teddy Rooney

as Billy Osgood

Russ Brown

as Uncle Otis

Walter Greaza

as Crawford Sloan

Parker Fennelly

as Homer Bean

Mary Wickes

as Matilda Runyon

Philip Coolidge

as Wilbur Peterson

Max Showalter

as Selwyn Harris

John Cecil Holm

as Aaron Caldwell

Gina Gillespie

as Betty Osgood

Dick Crockett

as Clarence Runyon

Napoleon Whiting

as Eugene - Waiter

Garry Moore

as Garry Moore

Dave Garroway

as Dave Garroway

Bill Cullen

as Bill Cullen

Jayne Meadows

as Jayne Meadows

Henry Morgan

as Henry Morgan

Robert Paige

as Robert Paige

Betsy Palmer

as Betsy Palmer

Steve McCormick

as TV Newsman

Jack Carter

as Stenographer (uncredited)