It Should Happen to You
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It Should Happen to You

19541h 26mComedyRomance
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Story Line

Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.

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Top Cast

Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday

Gladys Glover

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

Evan Adams III

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Pete Sheppard

Michael O'Shea

Michael O'Shea

Brod Clinton

Vaughn Taylor

Vaughn Taylor

Entrikin

Connie Gilchrist

Connie Gilchrist

Mrs. Riker

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Rating

7.1/ 10

Release Date

1954-01-15

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

ComedyRomance

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User Reviews (4)

talisencrw

9/10
5/4/2016
I love this film so much--another Judy Holliday screwball comedy directed by George Cukor. Notable for the screen debut of Jack Lemmon, Holliday had great screen chemistry with both suitors of her love triangle, Lemmon and Peter Lawford. In today's m...
barrymost

barrymost

8/10
9/28/2019
Judy Holliday is wonderful in this sparkling little comedy as Gladys Glover, an ex-model with aspirations of stardom. She begins to achieve her big dreams when she blows her life-savings on getting her name plastered on the biggest billboard in town...
griggs79

griggs79

6/10
3/28/2025
A time capsule from 1950s New York, which is so prominent on screen that it practically becomes a character in its own right. As always, Judy Holliday is great fun as the fame-chasing lead, and Lemmon’s early charm in his debut film shines through. T...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/10
3/12/2026
“Gladys” (Judy Holliday) is quite an ambitious lass but as she heads into her thirties, her career is seriously stalling. After her latest let down, she heads to Central Park and that’s where she encounters “Pete” (Jack Lemmon). He’s a struggling doc...