Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

Name: Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
Genre: Biography
Released: 1991-02-10
Rating: 36
Cast: Frances Fisher, Maurice Benard, Robin Pearson Rose, John Wheeler, Bette Ford

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1991

1h 36m

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Lucille Ball (Frances Fisher) and Desi Arnaz (Maurice Benard) are portrayed, from their meeting in 1940 to "I Love Lucy" in 1951.

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Fisher actually does a pretty good Lucy but Benard is terrible. Game try that falls short

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A good portrait of this immortal couple.

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just....wow...an insult to Lucille Ball's name...

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Charles Jarrott

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Frances Fisher

Lucille Ball

Maurice Benard

Desi Arnaz

Robin Pearson Rose

Vivian Vance

John Wheeler

William Frawley

Bette Ford

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Lucille Ball (Frances Fisher) and Desi Arnaz (Maurice Benard) are portrayed, from their meeting in 1940 to "I Love Lucy" in 1951.

Director: Charles Jarrott
Producer: John Thomas Lenox
Screenwriter: William Luce, Cynthia A. Cherbak
Production Co: Larry Thompson Entertainment
Rating: PG, TV-PG (S|D)
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (TV): Feb 10, 1991
Runtime: 1h 36m

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