The Big Street

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Jack M @RT74820919 Oct 6, 2025 What a waste of a great cast! It was painful watching one of my favorite actors, Henry Fonda embarrass himself pushing Lucille Ball’s wheelchair from NYC to Miami. Fonda prostrates himself endlessly before the insufferably mean snarky Lucy. He takes the creepy abuse and goes endlessly back for more. It ends finally with crippled Lucy belting out a song from her table to an adoring crowd at the overflowing night club. She dies of unbearable happiness after Fonda steered her through a few awkward dance steps while the entire cast looks on in awed silence and Agnès Moorehead weeps shamelessly. Fonda bites his lip to keep from laughing and carries Lucy’s lifeless body up the stairs to gaze at the moon. I felt exhausted after enduring this mess and vowed to never let the name Damon Runyon be uttered in my presence. See more Raj A @RT09286849 Oct 5, 2025 First time seeing this film and while I enjoyed watching it because I’m a lover of classic black and white films regardless of script, this one was definitely not one of my favorites. Of course Henry Fonda was his stellar self playing the forlorn hapless hero who sacrifices everything for the spoiled selfish Lucille Ball. As a fan of Miss Ball I was touched by her poignant performance as the tragic nightclub singer. This was worth a watch if only to see the famous Queen of comedy in a serious and touching role. See more Irene M @igawel Apr 3, 2022 Decided to watch as one of Lucille Ball's critical successes. It didn't age well, and she was a very dislikable character. it was nostalgic, to see an old movie, if however implausible some of the plot points were. One has to recall people used to go to the movies *every* week... See more Thomas M @TMProofreader Jan 27, 2019 The best romance movie ever made! See more Oct 28, 2013 Sensational movie, I'm a HUGE Lucy fan and this is some of her best work its a shame that they took out a major dancing scene from the movie and the fact I cant find the song she sings in it either. But still one of my favorites. See more Jul 21, 2013 Henry Fonda gets the top billing, but it is Lucille Ball's performance that elevates the film above its ordinary romantic storyline. See more Read all reviews

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