The Long, Long Trailer

Name: The Long, Long Trailer
Duration: 1 h 36 min

1hr 36m

1hr 36m
3.4/5 (1.2K)
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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. More Details »

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Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Producer:

Pandro S. Berman

Writer:

Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Clinton Twiss

Runtime:

1hr 36m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Marjorie Main
Keenan Wynn
Gladys Hurlbut
Moroni Olsen
Bert Freed
Madge Blake
Walter Baldwin
Oliver Blake

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.4

RATINGS 26 FANS

3.4

Feb 13, 2023

The start of a brief misadventure for America’s favorite television couple begins innocuously enough with the short haul comedy of “The Long, Long Trailer.” At the height of their sitcom’s run as the number one show in the ratings, Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz…

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theriverjordan

Dec 11, 2016

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz should've had their own TV show together. They're a riot!

90 Likes

Bryce Receveur

Aug 2, 2016

Like an episode of I Love Lucy that went insane because of capitalism. Here, you get 3 auteurs for the price of 1: straight-man Desi Arnaz, screwball Lucille Ball, and lushly luscious Vincente Minnelli (the best damned musical director of the Hollywood age). Lucy and Des —…

85 Likes

Carlos Valladares
The long, technicolor-dream, panic attack.

63 Likes

Sophy

Nov 21, 2025

After watching RV 2006 probably more times than I’ve blinked in my life finally there is something to take it’s place as the best roadtrip travel film; I know a Vincente Minnelli film will never do me any harm and that was reaffirmed ten fold!!! As much as I’m iffy about…

53 Likes

Adrian

Sep 28, 2013

Capital-A Art, and one of the few movies that makes me squirm on repeat viewings.

43 Likes

I.V.
Aug 6, 2025

“Nicky! The trailer! It’s leaving without us!!” ᰔ ִ ׄ୨ৎ HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCILLE BALL ♡♡♡ One of my absolute favourite actresses of all time, so funny, so talented, the type of girlie you can't not love. I'm very excited to continue to watch her filmography and delve…

41 Likes

Lily ༘ ೀ˖࣪

May 29, 2024

It’s just an extended episode of I Love Lucy. 🚦

39 Likes

ᴬⁿᵗʰᵒⁿʸ

Jul 9, 2023

This movie builds dread more effectively than most Shudder Originals.

38 Likes

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inconsistentpatrickstar loved

The Long, Long Trailer

Great film and one of my favorite movies although Tacy and Nicky are just carbon copies of Lucy and Ricky from I Love Lucy

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Kaitlin loved

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I don’t think I could ever get tired of this movie

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Rlena loved

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Love this movie have seen it 3 times

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This movie was so cute! Must watch.

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