It Started in Naples (1960)
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With top stars Clark Gable as the American Michael Hamilton and Sophia Loren as the very Italian Lucia Curcio, this comedy by director Michael Shavelson already has a lot going for it. Michael is a lawyer who arrives in Naples to wrap up the estate of his dead brother, killed in an automobile… More With top stars Clark Gable as the American Michael Hamilton and Sophia Loren as the very Italian Lucia Curcio, this comedy by director Michael Shavelson already has a lot going for it. Michael is a lawyer who arrives in Naples to wrap up the estate of his dead brother, killed in an automobile accident. At issue is not so much his material possessions as the ten-year-old son Nando (Marietto) that he left behind. Nando's mother also died in the accident and her unmarried sister Lucia has claimed him as her own. As Michael and Lucia clash over legal custody of the young orphan, romantic sparks start to fly from all that friction, making the situation of Nando's custody just a little more complicated. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Melville Shavelson
- Written By
- Michael Pertwee, Jack Davies
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 7, 1960 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
There's no chemistry between Gable, who's twice as old than love interest Sophia Loren in this lukewarm, utterly predictable culture clash comedy.
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
It's a quaint and pretty old movie, to be sure, but it's also more than a little boring.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...an aimless, thoroughly predictable waste of time masquerading as a romantic comedy.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
a fossil of a bygone age when comedies didn't require scatalogical humor, and romances didn't require any basis in logic
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Cast
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Clark Gable
as Mike Hamilton
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Sophia Loren
as Lucia Curcio
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Vittorio De Sica
as Mario Vitale
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Marietto Paolo Carlini
as Nando
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Paolo Carlini
as Renzo
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Claudio Ermelli
as Luigi
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Giovanni Filidoro
as Gennariello
- Bob Cunningham
- Carlo Rizzo
- Marco Tulli
- Yvonne Monlaur
