A U.S. sergeant serving in Spain creates envy among his Air Force superiors and the Spanish locals when his brand new futuristic sports car and pretty wife arrive at the base.
Read our editors' picks for the movies and shows we're watching in March, including "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," Boss Level, and Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Related News
-
Watch: Taiwan Lgbtq Drama ‘Your Name Engraved Herein’ Trailer Ahead of Berlin, Osaka Debuts (Exclusive)
17 February 2020 | Variety -
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher: Television Tributes and Film Specials to Watch
31 December 2016 | Indiewire -
TCM Sets Debbie Reynolds Marathon: Molly Brown, Singin' and More
30 December 2016 | TVLine.com
Check out our gallery of the 2021 Golden Globe nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: It Started with a Kiss (1959)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
2 nominations.
See more awards »
Edit
Cast
| 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 | |
 |
Robert Cunningham | ... | The Major |
| Alice Backes | ... | Sally Meriden | |
| Carmen Phillips | ... | Belvah | |
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
Storyline
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>
Taglines:
It started with a kiss and ended like this in romantic Spain ! See more »Parents Guide:
View content advisory »
Edit
Did You Know?
Trivia
The car that Glenn Ford wins is a 1955 Lincoln Futura, the one-off concept car that ultimately became the Batmobile on Batman (1966). The car cost Ford $250,000 ($2.37M in 2019), and unlike most concept cars at the time was completely driveable. It was originally pearlescent white, but that color did not photograph well, so it was painted red for this film. The car, as the original "Batmobile" was sold at auction for $4.62M in 2013. See more »Goofs
Joe's uniform has 2 Good Conduct Ribbons when only one at a time is authorized. And neither is in the correct order of prescience. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
Edit
Edit
See more on IMDbPro »
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USARelease Date:
4 September 1959 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
It Started with a Kiss See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$1,789,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Show more on
IMDbPro »
Half-price showgirl in New York, pining for a millionaire husband, marries lovestruck, underpaid Air Force Sergeant on the eve of his leaving for peacetime duty in Madrid; she follows, bringing misunderstandings, comic embarrassments, and a "car from the future" with her. Sex-based shenanigans for stars Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds is pleasant enough, particularly for the first forty or so minutes; after that, it deflates. Debbie, thinking she and Ford married for the wrong reason (sex), decides they should be platonic for a month--leaving Glenn to sleep on the sofa (when he's not taking cold showers). Movies based on misconceptions between characters have to be awfully smart to keep our interest (and keep us laughing), but this script by Charles Lederer, based on a Valentine Davies story, seems about ten years out of touch with the times. Ford thinks Debbie means she's pregnant when she writes that she has a big surprise, even though they've only been married for a month. When he meets her at the airport, she tells him the surprise could arrive the next day...and he STILL thinks she's talking about a baby! It's all in good fun, but these actors are much too smart to palmed off as dummies. ** from ****