Francis Covers the Big Town

Francis Covers the Big Town

86 mins | Crime, Comedy, Adventure, Family, Romance, Fantasy | June 10, 1953

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

Francis Covers the Big Town

86 mins | Crime, Comedy, Adventure, Family, Romance, Fantasy | June 10, 1953

Francis Covers the Big Town
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title Francis Covers the Big Town
Directors Arthur Lubin
Writers David Stern, Oscar Brodney

Cast

Donald O'Connor

as Peter Stirling

Yvette Duguay

as Maria Scola

Gene Lockhart

as Tom Henderson

Nancy Guild

as Alberta Ames

William Harrigan

as Inspector Hansen

Silvio Minciotti

as Salvatore Scola

Lowell Gilmore

as Jefferson "JG" Garnet

Larry Gates

as Dan Austin

Hanley Stafford

as Dr. Goodrich

Gale Gordon

as Evans

Forrest Lewis

as Judge Stanley

Chill Wills

as Francis (as Franis the Talking Mule)