Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

Feb 14, 1993

1h 48m

★ 8.2

Overview

Emmy Award-Winning Special Desi and Lucy's daughter, Lucie Arnaz, hosts this emotional and honest glimpse at the extraordinary lives of her world-famous parents, highlighted by never-before-seen color family movies along with insightful interviews from family members, business associates and celebrity friends such as Bob Hope. Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special, LUCY & DESI: A HOME MOVIE is a sensitive and absorbing documentary that details the circumstances which brought the immortal twosome together and ultimately drove them apart.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

MPI Home Video

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Cast

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Lucille Ball

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Desi Arnaz

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Lucie Arnaz

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Desi Arnaz Jr.

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Gale Gordon

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Carole Cook

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Ann Miller

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