It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Directed byHerbert I. Leeds
Written by
Produced byWilliam Girard
Starring
CinematographyGlen MacWilliams
Edited byRobert Fritch
Music byDavid Buttolph
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 26, 1946 (1946-08-26)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box 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

References

Bibliography

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