It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane (1959)

Genres - Comedy, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Farce  |   Release Date - Jul 14, 1959 (USA - Unknown), Aug 5, 1959 (USA)  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka

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 treated Jane and the arrogant railroad boss begins.

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lawsuit, lawyer, railroad-president, widow/widower, lobster