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5.8During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him.
Released: 1950-02-0891 minDir: Arthur LubinComedy, Family, Fantasy, WarPart of: Francis the Talking Mule Collection
Cast
- Donald O'Connor as Peter Stirling
- Patricia Medina as Maureen Gelder
- Zasu Pitts as Valerie Humpert
- Ray Collins as Colonel Hooker
- John McIntire as General Stevens
- Eduard Franz as Colonel Plepper
Themes
- based on novel or book
- horse
- sergeant
- mule
- psychotronic film
- animals family
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
1,495 votes
- Year
- 1950
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Francis Goes to the Races
- Main subject
- Pacific War
- Director
- Arthur Lubin
- Screenwriter
- David Stern
- Cast member
- Fred Aldrich
- Composer
- Frank Skinner
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Irving Glassberg
- Narrative location
- Myanmar
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 452301
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1950-01-01
- title
- Francis
- production designer
- Bernard Herzbrun
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- review score
- 6.6/10
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Categories
1950 American films1950 comedy films1950 English-language films1950 fantasy films1950 films1950s fantasy comedy filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican fantasy comedy filmsEnglish-language fantasy comedy filmsFilms about donkeysFilms about talking animalsFilms about the Burma campaignFilms based on American novelsFilms directed by Arthur LubinFilms scored by Frank SkinnerFilms scored by Walter ScharfFilms set in MyanmarFrancis the Talking MuleMilitary comedy filmsTemplate film date with 2 release datesUniversal Pictures films