Complete credited cast: | |||
Glenn Ford | ... | Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick | |
Debbie Reynolds | ... | Maggie Putnam | |
Eva Gabor | ... | Marquesa Marion de la Rey | |
Gustavo Rojo | ... | Antonio Soriano | |
Fred Clark | ... | Maj. Gen. Tim O'Connell | |
Edgar Buchanan | ... | Congressman Richard Tappe | |
Harry Morgan | ... | Charles Meriden (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan) | |
Robert Warwick | ... | Congressman Muir | |
Frances Bavier | ... | Mrs. Tappe | |
Netta Packer | ... | Mrs. Muir | |
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Robert Cunningham | ... | The Major |
Alice Backes | ... | Sally Meriden | |
Carmen Phillips | ... | Belvah |
Air Force Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick meets and marries a beautiful model, Maggie Putnam, on the eve of being shipped off to Spain. When the new Mrs. Fitzpatrick waits to join her husband, she promises him in a letter "the most wonderful surprise that could happen to two people." Joe naturally assumes that she's pregnant, but the surprise turns out to be a fabulous new car that he won in a raffle. His new bride and car win him the scorn and jealousy of Spain's most famous toreador, not to mention the suspicions of his commanding officer. Written by Adam Thomas <summoner@cyberspace.org>
Glenn Ford is 43 and has been a sergeant for approximately twenty-five years. What is wrong with him?
Again, young female talent is paired with much older male talent at MGM -- a pattern that is so often repeated that it is the norm.
This could have been something that stood out, but instead follows the MGM pattern circumspectly. Reynolds is good in her role; why not give her a young male star to play off? Instead, MGM gives her a daddy, just like in most all other musicals they produced.
This is a waste of Debbie Reynolds' talent, although she does sparkle when she is alone and can sing.