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It Happened to Jane (1959)
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14 July 1959 (Denmark) morePlot:
Jane Osgood is trying to support her two young children by running a lobster business. After one of... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Wonderful Team Effort By Doris Day and Jack Lemmon moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Doris Day | ... | Jane Osgood | |
| Jack Lemmon | ... | George Denham | |
| Ernie Kovacs | ... | Harry Foster Malone | |
| Steve Forrest | ... | Lawrence Clay 'Larry' Hall | |
| Teddy Rooney | ... | Billy Osgood | |
| Russ Brown | ... | Uncle Otis | |
| Walter Greaza | ... | Crawford Sloan | |
| Parker Fennelly | ... | Homer Bean | |
| Mary Wickes | ... | Matilda Runyon | |
| Philip Coolidge | ... | Wilbur Peterson | |
| Max Showalter | ... | Selwyn Harris (as Casey Adams) | |
| John Cecil Holm | ... | Aaron Caldwell | |
| Gina Gillespie | ... | Betty Osgood | |
| Dick Crockett | ... | Clarence Runyon | |
| Napoleon Whiting | ... | Eugene, the waiter |
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Doris Day wrote that her manager/husband Martin Melcher was terribly concerned over the box-office failure of this film and The Tunnel of Love (1958). Their failures caused Day to drop out of the Top Ten Box Office Stars. Day and Melcher had words about him hustling her into almost any film for the money instead of waiting to find good scripts that would have produced better results. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Mr Malone is talking with his colleague about the poster and adding more "broads", he has a piece of lobster in his left hand, when the camera goes back to him, a split second later, the piece of lobster is missing, his hand never left the screen so we would have seen him put it down. moreFAQ
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After watching this film several times -- one wonders why the natural talents of Doris Day and Jack Lemmon weren't paired more often. Their totally believable portrayals really hold the viewer -- one can't overlook the fact that these two were at the top when it came to natural talent on the screen. Day's fight with railroad magnate (Ernie Kovaks fits his role like an old shoe) brings to the fore "corporate/community greed" vs. "human rights" as the townfolk and eventually the "nation" get behind Doris' quest to save her lobster business in Maine. The humor is mixed with some thought-provoking questions. In 2001, the film is almost a glimpse at the last vestage of the "town hall meeting" government. The supporting cast is fine (Mary Wickes, in particular adds great comic touch) -- but it's Day and Lemmon together that make this film a must see.