Strange, surreal film, notable for Minnelli's brilliant use of color and visual style.
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:4
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Capitalizing on the phenomenal success of the "I Love Lucy" show, Lucy and Desi are paired as a married couple who purchase an enormous trailer and set out to explore the spacious vistas of... Capitalizing on the phenomenal success of the "I Love Lucy" show, Lucy and Desi are paired as a married couple who purchase an enormous trailer and set out to explore the spacious vistas of America's landscape. Unfortunately, a series of low comedy escapades leaves the two on the brink of divorce as their journey ends. Can this marriage be saved? [More]
Starring: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
Starring: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Gladys Hurlbut, Moroni Olsen, Bert Freed, Madge Blake
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Story: Clinton Twiss
Composer: Adolph Deutsch
Screenwriter: Albert Hackett
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Reviews for The Long, Long Trailer
One of Minnelli's few broad comedies, more of a collection of anecdotes than a coherent tale, about the wacky misadventures of a middle-class couple (Lucille Ball and Dazi Arnaz) during a long cross-country trek.
doesn't earn a place on my DVD shelf next to my I Love Lucy collection
...not even Minnelli and Berman could do much with a predictably inane script.
The ordinarily graceful Minnelli tries his best to guide this material and he finally gets his momentum in a climactic sequence... But until then, it's a largely unfunny TV sitcom romp.
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