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Francis Joins the WACS (1954)

Francis Joins the WACS poster
Directed by
Arthur Lubin
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A soldier gets help from a talking mule named Francis when he joins a women's army unit. The mule causes humorous misunderstandings and helps him out of trouble.

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What happens

Francis Joins the WACS is a 1954 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Ted Richmond, directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, ZaSu Pitts, Mamie Van Doren and Chill Wills in two roles, including that of the distinctive voice of Francis in voice-over. This is the fifth film in Universal-International's Francis the Talking Mule series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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