''It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog'' is a 1946 American

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crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

starring

Carole Landis Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 ...

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and

Margo Woode Margo Woode (April 20, 1928 – September 28, 2018) was an American actress, signed by 20th Century Fox in 1944 and started her film debut in ''Springtime in the Rockies ''Springtime in the Rockies'' is an American Technicolor musical comedy ...

, and directed by Herbert I. Leeds.Fleming p.270

Synopsis

After returning from

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, 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

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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.

Partial cast

as Julia Andrews *

as Henry Barton *

as Olive Stone *

Harry Morgan Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both ''December Bride'' (1954–1959 ...

as Gus Rivers *

Reed Hadley Reed Hadley (born Reed Herring, June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American film, television and radio actor. Early life Hadley was born in Petrolia, Texas, to Bert Herring, an oil well driller, and his wife Minnie. Hadley had one ...

as Mike Valentine * Jean Wallace as Bess Williams *

Roy Roberts Roy Roberts (born Roy Barnes Jones, March 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975) was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen. Life and career Born in Tampa ...

as 'Mitch' Mitchell *

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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

* 1946 films American crime comedy films 1940s crime comedy films Films directed by Herbert I. Leeds Films scored by David Buttolph 20th Century Fox films American black-and-white films 1946 comedy films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{comedy-crime-film-stub