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Movie · 1959

It Happened to Jane

Released 24 May 1959 More from 1959 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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".

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Napoleon Whiting
as Eugene - Waiter
48
Robert Paige
as Robert Paige
47
Dick Crockett
as Clarence Runyon
44
Henry Morgan
as Henry Morgan
44
Max Showalter
as Selwyn Harris
41
Jayne Meadows
as Jayne Meadows
39
Jack Carter
as Stenographer (uncredited)
36
Betsy Palmer
as Betsy Palmer
32
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
16years between the oldest and youngest billed
48Napoleon Whiting — oldest on the call sheet
32Betsy Palmer — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast
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