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

L Lucille BallLucy Ricardo / Self D Desi ArnazRicky Ricardo / Self V Vivian VanceEthel Mertz / Self W William FrawleyFred Mertz / Self B Benny BakerAudience Member A Ann DoranAudience Member R Roy RowanAnnouncer B Barbara PepperParty Guest (archive footage) B Bennett GreenParty Guest (archive footage) M Mary WickesMadame Lamand (archive footage) E Erze IvanDancer (archive footage) F Frank J. ScannellComic (archive footage)