I Love Lucy (1953) - Video Detective

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I Love Lucy, a.k.a. I Love Lucy: The Movie is a 1953 American feature film spin-off of the sitcom I Love Lucy. Except for one test screening in Bakersfield, California, the film was never theatrically released and was shelved. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz co-star. Some scenes were directed by Edward Sedgwick, the final film work of his long Hollywood career. Sedgwick died in March 1953.

Original Release

01/01/1953

US Release

01/01/1953

Cast

Lucille Ball	Lucy Ricardo / Self
Desi Arnaz	Ricky Ricardo / Self
Vivian Vance	Ethel Mertz / Self
William Frawley	Fred Mertz / Self
Ann Doran	Audience Member
Mary Wickes	Madame Lamand
Barbara Pepper	Party Guest
Erze Ivan	Dancer
Benny Baker	Audience Member
Frank J. Scannell	Comic

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Edward Sedgwick, Marc Daniels

Writers

Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer

Cast

Lucille Ball	Lucy Ricardo / Self
Desi Arnaz	Ricky Ricardo / Self
Vivian Vance	Ethel Mertz / Self
William Frawley	Fred Mertz / Self
Ann Doran	Audience Member
Mary Wickes	Madame Lamand
Barbara Pepper	Party Guest
Erze Ivan	Dancer
Benny Baker	Audience Member
Frank J. Scannell	Comic
Roy Rowan	Announcer
Bennett Green	Party Guest
Wilbur Hatch	Self
Hazel Pierce	Party Guest