Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world".
It Happened to Jane has generally received mixed reviews.
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It Happened to Jane was released in 1959 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 23 reviews, giving It Happened to Jane (1959) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with It Happened to Jane than critics were.
With a score of 58%, It Happened to Jane is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1959, which stands at 59%.
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