Movie
Lucy and Desi
Overview
Explore the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked everything to be together.
Details
- Release date
- 2022-01-21
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paper Kite Productions, Imagine Documentaries, White Horse Pictures, Diamond Docs, Amazon Studios, Imagine Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lucie Arnaz as Self
- Bette Midler as Self
- Carol Burnett as Self
- Laura LaPlaca as Self
- Eduardo Machado as Self
- Charo as Self
- Journey Gunderson as Self
- Gregg Oppenheimer as Self
- Norman Lear as Self
- Desi Arnaz Jr. as Self
- Lucille Ball as Self (archive footage)
- Desi Arnaz as Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Amy Poehler - Director
- Mark Monroe - Writer
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