| It Started with a Kiss | |
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Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
| Written by | Valentine Davies (story) Charles Lederer |
| Starring | Glenn Ford Debbie Reynolds Eva Gabor Edgar Buchanan Harry Morgan |
| Music by | Jeff Alexander |
| Cinematography | Robert J. Bronner |
| Editing by | John McSweeney Jr. |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 19 August 1959 |
| Running time | 104 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
It Started with A Kiss is a 1959 film starring Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds. It was directed by George Marshall.
After a whirlwind courtship, an Air Force staff sergeant who is a Korean War veteran, Joe Fitzpatrick (Ford), and his wife Maggie (Reynolds), a dancer, try to make their marriage work. Joe is posted to Spain; back in New York, his wife learns that he has won a raffle making them the owners of custom-built, 1955 Lincoln Futura concept. The car is delivered to Spain where it attracts attention from many people, including a famous matador. The car also comes to the attention of Joe's commanding officer, who insists he ship it back to the States to avoid promoting the image of Americans as snobbishly wealthy. This upsets Maggie. In the end, Joe sells the car to the matador and he and Maggie are reconciled.
A scene in the movie recreated a well-known sequence from the 1938 film Bringing Up Baby, when Joe must walk in-step behind Maggie to hide her torn dress.
The car used in the film - of which there was only one - was later customized by George Barris and served as the Batmobile for the 1960s TV series Batman.