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Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

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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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Audience Member Fisher actually does a pretty good Lucy but Benard is terrible. Game try that falls short Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member A good portrait of this immortal couple. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member just....wow...an insult to Lucille Ball's name... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Charles Jarrott

Director

Frances Fisher

Lucille Ball

Maurice Benard

Desi Arnaz

Robin Pearson Rose

Vivian Vance

John Wheeler

William Frawley

Bette Ford

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Synopsis 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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