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6.8/10   96 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Oscar Brodney (original story and screenplay)
David Stern (characters)
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Release Date:
14 August 1953 (Finland) more
Plot:
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Donald O'Connor ... Peter Stirling
Yvette Duguay ... Maria Scola

Gene Lockhart ... Tom Henderson
Nancy Guild ... Alberta Ames
William Harrigan ... Deputy Chief Inspector Hansen
Silvio Minciotti ... Salvatore Scola
Lowell Gilmore ... Jefferson 'JG' Garnet
Larry Gates ... Dan Austin
Hanley Stafford ... Dr. Goodrich
Gale Gordon ... Dist. Atty. Evans
Forrest Lewis ... Judge Stanley
Chill Wills ... Francis the Talking Mule (voice)
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Runtime:
86 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #15688) | Sweden:Btl

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Donald O'Connor's fourth of six "Francis" movies. more
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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953) ***, 28 July 2004
7/10
Author: JoeKarlosi from U.S.A.

At last! After three unsuccessful attempts at entertainment, this fourth entry worked well for me and is the best of the bunch so far.

Francis the Talking Mule and his master, Donald O'Connor (or is it the other way around?) go to New York (the setting alone perks things up a bit) where they become mixed up in all sorts of trouble, including a murder trial. This installment is better written with more time devoted to the donkey, who's actually pretty funny for a change. The script also makes better use of its supporting characters and fashions a love affair for the bumbling O'Connor.

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