The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

Directed by

Vincente Minnelli

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A newlywed couple buys a travel trailer for their honeymoon and drives from California to Colorado. Everything that can go wrong with the trailer does.

lightheartedfarcicalchaoticsunnynostalgicbreezywhimsical

What happens

The Long, Long Trailer is a 1954 American romantic comedy road film directed by Vincente Minnelli from a screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Clinton Twiss. Shot in Ansco Color, the film stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as a newlywed couple who buy a new travel trailer home for their honeymoon and experience a series of mishaps as they travel from California to Colorado. It also features Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Bert Freed, Moroni Olsen, Gladys Hurlbut, Madge Blake, Howard McNear, and Walter Baldwin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Phffft! (1954)
• For Better, for Worse (1954)
• By Your Leave (1934)
• It Should Happen to You (1954)
• The Perfect Couple (1954)
• Honeymoon Ahead (1945)
• Jungle Gents (1954)
• Living It Up (1954)