Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)

Directed by

Arthur Lubin

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man and his talking mule get involved in a city newspaper story. They try to solve a crime with the mule's help.

light-heartedplayfulwhimsicalcomedicfast-pacedcharmingdatedeasygoing

What happens

Francis Covers the Big Town is a 1953 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Arthur Lubin, that stars Donald O'Connor, Yvette Duguay, and Gene Lockhart. The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice-over by actor Chill Wills. This is the fourth film in Universal-International's Francis the Talking Mule series continuing the misadventures of Peter Stirling and his friend Francis. Diabolique argued it was the best in the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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