Francis Covers the Big Town

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Francis Covers the Big Town

"It's Brand NEW and it's all Hilarious!"

1953

1h 26m

5.2(10 votes)

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Family

Fantasy

Romance

Overview

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

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Donald O'Connor

Peter Stirling

Yvette Duguay

Maria Scola

Gene Lockhart

Tom Henderson

Nancy Guild

Alberta Ames

William Harrigan

Inspector Hansen

Silvio Minciotti

Salvatore Scola

Lowell Gilmore

Jefferson Garnet

Larry Gates

Dan Austin

Hanley Stafford

Dr. Goodrich

Gale Gordon

Evans

Creative team

Directed by: Arthur Lubin
Written by: Oscar Brodney
Produced by: Leonard Goldstein

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