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It Happened to Jane (1959)

Film · 1959 · 97 min · NR · Comedy · Romance

It's bigger than all of us!

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".

Directed by Richard Quine

Starring Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest, Teddy Rooney, Russ Brown, Walter Greaza, Parker Fennelly

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In cinemas5 August 1959
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First release anywhere24 May 1959

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