It Should Happen to You

1954 film by George Cukor
Movie film Q2063151
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Summary

It Should Happen to You is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (962 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: George Cukor[3]
  • Screenwriter: Garson Kanin[4]
  • Composer: Friedrich Hollaender[5]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[6]
  • Cast member: Judy Holliday[7], Peter Lawford[8], Jack Lemmon[9], Michael O'Shea[10], Vaughn Taylor[11], Whit Bissell[12], Constance Bennett[13], Melville Cooper[14], John Saxon[15], Cora Witherspoon[16], Connie Gilchrist[17], Ilka Chase[18], Wendy Barrie[19], Jack Kruschen[20]
  • Producer: Fred Kohlmar[21]
  • Production company: Columbia Pictures[22]
  • Director of photography: Charles Lang[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Review score: 7.6/10[26], 100%[27]
  • Color: black-and-white[28]
  • Country of origin: United States[29]
  • Publication date: January 15, 1954[30]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[31], Netflix[32]
  • Narrative location: New York City[33]
  • Filming location: New York City[34]
  • Film editor: Charles Nelson[35]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White[36]
  • Title: It Should Happen to You[37]
  • Duration: 86 minutes[38]
  • Costume designer: Jean Louis[39]
  • Production designer: John Meehan[40]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[41]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[42]

Why It Matters

It Should Happen to You has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'ru', 'simple', 'sv
    Ampas collections film id → W083493
    Sitelink count → 13
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 47123
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 35188
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → John Meehan
    Publication date → +1954-01-15T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Garson Kanin
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+86'}
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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