Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer.
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Title: The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Lucille Ball | ... | Tacy Collini | |
| Desi Arnaz | ... | Nicholas Carlos Collini | |
| Marjorie Main | ... | Mrs. Hittaway | |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Policeman | |
| Gladys Hurlbut | ... | Mrs. Bolton | |
| Moroni Olsen | ... | Mr. Tewitt | |
| Bert Freed | ... | Foreman | |
| Madge Blake | ... | Aunt Anastacia | |
| Walter Baldwin | ... | Uncle Edgar | |
| Oliver Blake | ... | Mr. Judlow | |
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Perry Sheehan | ... | Bridesmaid |
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Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer. After the two are hitched, they hitch up their trailer and begin their honeymoon. The humor comes from several disastrous adventures the couple has while traveling including Tacy's awkward attempt to cook dinner in a moving trailer, and a cliffhanging ride through the mountains that nearly destroys their marriage. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. See more »Goofs
One of Tacy's souvenir rocks was from Bridge of the Gods, she said. This is along the Oregon/Washington border along the Columbia between Portland and Tri-Cities. A very roundabout route between Southern California and Colorado. See more »Quotes
Aunt Anastacia: You tore down my roses with your lousy, stinking trailer![starts crying]
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The following acknowledgment appears in the end credits: "We are deeply grateful to the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for permission to photograph scenes in Yosemite National Park". See more »Alternate Versions
Preview version ran 103 minutes, and included different orchestration to the song "Breezin' Along With the Breeze," as well as an additional scene with Marjorie Main. The original music orchestration has since been included on a music compilation CD, and the advertising trailer includes a tiny portion of the deleted Marjorie Main scene. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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19 February 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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In the midst of their wildly successful run through "I Love Lucy," Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made a movie. In "The Long, Long Trailer" they play newlyweds Nicky and Tacy. Nicky's job apparently requires him to travel a lot, and Tacy comes up with the idea of buying a trailer as their new home so that she can accompany him wherever he goes - and what a trailer. It's a beast. It's huge. And Tacy doesn't seem to understand the challenge involved in pulling the thing around the country.
The basic story revolves around the fact that the purchase of this trailer almost destroys Nicky and Tacy's new marriage. Much of the humour in this revolves around the trials of driving with the trailer hooked to the car. The movie for the most part lacks the slapstick kind of humour that "I Love Lucy" was famous for - with perhaps the exception of a scene in which Tacy tries to cook in the trailer while Nicky is driving. Watching Nicky try to back the trailer into the driveway of Tacy's uncle and aunt's house and almost destroying the house is also quite funny. Otherwise, the humour is lower key than you'd expect, and the movie is sometimes even tense. The scenes in which Nicky has to pull the trailer up a long and windy mountain road is actually rather unsettling.
This certainly isn't as good as "I Love Lucy" but in its own way it's fun, and lets us see Lucy and Desi doing something a little different. (6/10)