Easy Living is a 1949 American drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by renowned horror and film noir

Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...

 director Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur was a French-American film director.-Life:Born in Paris, France, he was the son of film director Maurice Tourneur. At age 10, Jacques moved to the United States with his father. He started a career in cinema while still attending high school as an extra and later as a script clerk...

, starring Victor Mature

Victor Mature

Victor John Mature was an American stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky to an Italian-speaking father from the town Pinzolo, in the Italian part of the former County of Tyrol , Marcello Gelindo Maturi, later Marcellus George Mature, a cutler,...

, Lizabeth Scott

Lizabeth Scott

Lizabeth Scott is an American actress and singer widely known for her film noir roles.-Early life:She was born Emma Matzo in the Pine Brook section of Scranton, Pennsylvania, one of six children, to Ruthenian parents who had emigrated from Uzhgorod, in what is now Ukraine...

 and Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...

. The film features the real-life LA Rams football team.

Plot

The film tells the story of football star Pete Wilson (Victor Mature) who, after discovering he has a potentially fatal heart condition, is faced with the prospect of ending his public life and settling down into suburbia. His wife Liza (Lizabeth Scott) is too busy basking in the spotlight of being a footballer's wife and running her own interior design service to notice her husband becoming closer to another woman, Anne (Lucille Ball). Ultimately, Pete must not only choose the new direction of his public life, but also his private life. In contrast to some other romantic dramas of the period, Easy Living features the interesting conclusion of Pete choosing to search for the love he remembers in his increasingly self-absorbed wife, leaving the more sympathetic character of Anne alone.

Cast

• Victor Mature
  Victor Mature
  Victor John Mature was an American stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky to an Italian-speaking father from the town Pinzolo, in the Italian part of the former County of Tyrol , Marcello Gelindo Maturi, later Marcellus George Mature, a cutler,...
  
   - Pete Wilson
• Lucille Ball
  Lucille Ball
  Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...
  
   - Anne, Lenahan's Secretary
• Lizabeth Scott
  Lizabeth Scott
  Lizabeth Scott is an American actress and singer widely known for her film noir roles.-Early life:She was born Emma Matzo in the Pine Brook section of Scranton, Pennsylvania, one of six children, to Ruthenian parents who had emigrated from Uzhgorod, in what is now Ukraine...
  
   - Liza Wilson
• Sonny Tufts
  Sonny Tufts
  Sonny Tufts was a United States film actor....
  
   - Tim 'Pappy' McCarr
• Lloyd Nolan
  Lloyd Nolan
  Lloyd Benedict Nolan was an American film and television actor.-Biography:Nolan was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Margaret and James Nolan, who was a shoe manufacturer...
  
   - Lenahan
• Paul Stewart
  Paul Stewart (actor)
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   - Dave Argus
• Jack Paar
  Jack Paar
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   - Scoop Spooner
• Jeff Donnell
  Jeff Donnell
  Jeff Donnell was an American film and television actress. Born Jean Marie Donnell, she grew up in South Windham, Maine...
  
   - Penny McCarr
• Art Baker - Howard Vollmer
• Gordon Jones - Bill 'Holly' Holloran
• Don Beddoe
  Don Beddoe
  -Career:Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Beddoe made his Broadway acting debut in 1929, receiving top billing in Nigger Rich....
  
   - Jaeger
• Richard Erdman
  Richard Erdman
  Richard Erdman is an American film and television actor and director.-Notable roles:...
  
   - Buddy Morgan (as Dick Erdman)
• William 'Bill' Phillips - Ozzie, the Trainer
• Charles Lang
  Charles Lang
  Charles Bryant Lang, Jr., A.S.C. was an American cinematographer.Early in his career he worked with the Akeley camera, a gyroscope-mounted "pancake" camera designed by Carl Akeley for outdoor action shots...
  
   - Whitey
• Kenny Washington - Benny