Francis (1950)

55% User Rating

1h 31min

"A Talking Mule....the funniest film surprise in 5 years!"

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...

Arthur LubinDirector

Cast

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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

Howland Chamberlain

Major Nadel

James Todd

Colonel Saunders

Robert Warwick

Colonel Carmichael

Frank Faylen

Sergeant Chillingbacker

Tony Curtis

Captain Jones

Mikel Conrad

Major Garber

Loren Tindall

Major Richards

Charles Meredith

Banker Munroe

Chill Wills

Francis the Talking Mule (voice)

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r96sk

Rating 50%

January 2, 2022

<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...