It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Produced byWilliam GirardStarringCinematographyGlen MacWilliamsEdited byRobert FritchMusic byDavid ButtolphDistributed by20th Century Fox70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$800,000^[1]

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog is a 1946 American comedy crime film starring Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn and Margo Woode, and directed by Herbert I. Leeds.^[2]

Plot

After returning from World War II, a journalist is assigned by his newspaper to be science editor when he wishes to be restored to his old job as a crime reporter. While drowning his sorrows in a bar, he sees what he believes to be a hold-up involving a beautiful young woman and her dog. He triggers a major manhunt after calling in the story to his newsdesk, before realizing that the woman is both innocent and a serving member of the police. Together with her - who is assigned to the same case he is working on - they are able to bring the Valentine gang of criminals to justice.

Cast

• Carole Landis as Julia Andrews
• Allyn Joslyn as Henry Barton
• Margo Woode as Olive Stone
• Harry Morgan as Gus Rivers
• Reed Hadley as Mike Valentine
• Jean Wallace as Bess Williams
• Roy Roberts as 'Mitch' Mitchell
• John Ireland as Benny Smith
• John Alexander as Joe Parelli
• Whit Bissell as Chester Frye

References

Bibliography

• Fleming, E.J. Carole Landis: A Tragic Life in Hollywood. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog at IMDb