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It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane (1959)

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Release Date: Aug 5, 1959 Wide

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Doris Day stars in a true-to-type performance as Jane Osgood, a spunky, pretty, wronged widow with two children. She manages her own lobster business, and the railroad has just trashed a shipment, killing them off before they could ever be properly boiled to death for someone's dinner. Jane commissions her lawyer (and potential romantic partner) George Denham (Jack Lemmon) to take on the railroad and its nefarious owner, Harry Foster Malone (Ernie Kovacs). Thus, the battle between the unjustly

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Classics, Comedy

Norman Katkov

Feb 22, 2005

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An amiable but stiff populist comedy that should have been funnier since it starred the talented Doris Day, Jack Lemon and Ernie Kovaks.

January 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Dennis Schwartz
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A likeable cast just can't salvage this utterly inconsequential romantic comedy...

February 26, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
David Nusair
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Very cute... Enough said!

November 9, 2006
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Leigh Ryan

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Found a copy at a yard sale last summer and it became an instant favorite with me. I love the comedy in this film and Jack Lemmon is brilliant.

February 3, 2007
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