It Happened to Jane
6.6
“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".
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Cast
25 people
Doris Day
Jane Osgood
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Pillow Talk
Jack Lemmon
George Denham
Known for
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot
Ernie Kovacs
Harry Foster Malone
Known for
Bell, Book and Candle
North to Alaska
Steve Forrest
Larry Hall
Known for
Spies Like Us
S.W.A.T.
Teddy Rooney
Billy Osgood
Also in
Seven Ways from Sundown
The Ransom of Red Chief
Russ Brown
Uncle Otis
Known for
Anatomy of a Murder
South Pacific
Walter Greaza
Crawford Sloan
Known for
The Street with No Name
Parker Fennelly
Homer Bean
Known for
The Trouble with Harry
Mary Wickes
Matilda Runyon
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Sister Act
Philip Coolidge
Wilbur Peterson
Known for
North by Northwest
The Tingler
Max Showalter
Selwyn Harris
Known for
Niagara
Sixteen Candles
John Cecil Holm
Aaron Caldwell
Also in
Johnny Belinda
Richard Quine Director · Norman Katkov Screenplay Max Wilk Story
Worldwide gross $1.7M · United States release August 5, 1959 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,700,000
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 24, 1959
Theatrical
United States · August 5, 1959
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Brazil
September 17, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
August 18, 1959 · Theatrical
Italy
October 7, 1959 · Theatrical
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