It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

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.

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