A Talking Mule....the funniest film surprise in 5 years!
Director: Arthur Lubin
Producer: Robert Arthur
The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic and led to one after another hilarious situations, where the mule was the only one that appeared in his right mind. In the process of all this, the mule assisted in uncovering a spy, Mareen, who pretended to be lost among the jungles, but was actually...
91 min
Rating: 5.5/10
Released
Top Cast
Donald O'Connor
Peter Stirling
Patricia Medina
Maureen Gelder
Zasu Pitts
Valerie Humpert
Ray Collins
Colonel Hooker
John McIntire
General Stevens
Eduard Franz
Colonel Plepper
Movie Info
Director: Arthur Lubin
Producer: Robert Arthur
Production Companies: Universal International Pictures
Countries: United States of America
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r96sk:
<em>'Francis'</em> is exactly what you'd expect it to be.
It isn't something I'd consider worthy of a watch due to many things, with one being the repetitive nature of the story. It's a poor flick, lacking in interest, from 1950; showing all the signs of a film from that era too, distastefully.
Donald O'Connor's performance is solid enough, he is definitely the reason why I'm not rating this film lower. Chill Wills voices the titular character and suits the role well, while Patricia Medina shows glimpses; despite a lousy accent. It's more so the plot that sticks out most, if not necessarily positively. It's as dumb as you'd predict and the film, for the most part, knows that in fairness.
Incredibly, it's the first of seven films from this series. One down and all that...