---
title: 'The Long, Long Trailer (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vincente Minnelli'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-long-long-trailer-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047191/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

1954 · 103 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Long, Long Trailer is a 1954 American romantic comedy road film directed by Vincente Minnelli from a screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Clinton Twiss. Shot in Ansco Color, the film stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as a newlywed couple who buy a new travel trailer home for their honeymoon and experience a series of mishaps as they travel from California to Colorado. It also features Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Bert Freed, Moroni Olsen, Gladys Hurlbut, Madge Blake, Howard McNear, and Walter Baldwin.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vincente Minnelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincente-minnelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Frances Goodrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-goodrich), [Albert Hackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-hackett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Adolph Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-deutsch)
- **Producer:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandro-s-berman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert L. Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-l-surtees)
- **Editor:** [Ferris Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferris-webster)

## Cast

- [Madge Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/madge-blake)
- [Bert Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-moorhouse)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Walter Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-baldwin)
- [Edgar Dearing](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-dearing)
- [Marjorie Main](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-main)
- [Jack Kruschen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-kruschen)
- [Richard Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-alexander)
- [Emmett Vogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-vogan)
- [Lucille Ball](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucille-ball)
- [Desi Arnaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/desi-arnaz)
- [Peter Leeds](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-leeds)
- [Bert Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-freed)
- [Oliver Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-blake)
- [Karl Lukas](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-lukas)

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