Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

It Happened to Jane (1959)

It Happened to Jane poster
Directed by
Richard Quine
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 71 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman fights for her business after a railroad mishap ruins her lobster shipment. A small-town lawyer helps her take on a cynical big-city executive.

lightheartedupbeatwhimsicalromanticplayfulwarmcheerfulamusing

What happens

It Happened to Jane is a 1959 American romantic comedy film starring Doris Day, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs. It was directed by Richard Quine and written by Norman Katkov and Max Wilk. The film was coproduced by Quine and Day's husband Martin Melcher. The film was re-released in 1961 under the title Twinkle and Shine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?