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It Happened to Jane Reviews

  • 1959
  • 1 hr 40 mins
  • Comedy
  • NR
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A widow supports her family by running a lobster business. When one of her shipments is ruined due to neglect by a railway, she decides to take the railroad company and its nefarious owner to court to recover her losses.

A Capra-esque comedy which has Day running a New England lobstery and finding herself up against railroad tycoon Kovacs. When a shipment of expired lobsters arrives, Day decides to take the cigar-chomping big city capitalist to court. With good friend Lemmon, she hires a lawyer, and in the spirit of small-town America, emerges victorious. Day sings three songs: "It Happened to Jane" (Joe Lubin, I.J. Roth), "Be Prepared" (Fred Karger, Richard Quine), and "Twinkle and Shine" (Dunham).