I Love Lucy: The Movie

The story

The film plays out, with three first-season episodes edited together into a single story: "The Benefit", "Breaking the Lease", and "The Ballet", with new footage included between episodes to help transition the episodes into one coherent storyline. As the series routinely took the format of filming scenes in chronological order, this adds to the "show within a show within a show" format of the film, as viewers watch the cast perform the episodes live. The film itself ends with a "curtain call", as the cast comes out and Arnaz thanks the audience for their support.

Cast & crew

Lucille BallLucy Ricardo / Self

Desi ArnazRicky Ricardo / Self

Vivian VanceEthel Mertz / Self

William FrawleyFred Mertz / Self

Benny BakerAudience Member

Ann DoranAudience Member

Roy Rowan

Roy RowanAnnouncer

Barbara PepperParty Guest (archive footage)

Bennett Green

Bennett GreenParty Guest (archive footage)

Mary WickesMadame Lamand (archive footage)

Erze Ivan

Erze IvanDancer (archive footage)

Frank J. ScannellComic (archive footage)