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Francis Covers the Big Town is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Arthur Lubin released in USA on 10 june 1953 with Donald O'Connor

Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)

Francis Covers the Big Town
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Released in USA 10 june 1953
Length 1h26
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Fantasy,    Adventure,    Crime,    Romance
Rating62% 3.1406753.1406753.1406753.1406753.140675

Francis Covers the Big Town is a 1953 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Donald O'Connor, Yvette Duguay, and Gene Lockhart. The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice-over by actor Chill Wills.

This is the fourth film in Universal-International's Francis the Talking Mule series continuing the misadventures Peter Stirling and his friend Francis.

Synopsis

Peter lands a job at a big New York City newspaper and while on assignment gets framed for a murder.

Actors

Donald O'Connor

(Peter Stirling)Gene Lockhart

(Tom Henderson)Yvette Dugay

(Maria Scola)Nancy Guild

(Alberta Ames)Larry Gates

(Dan Austin)
And :
Lowell Gilmore
Hanley Stafford
Gale Gordon
John Qualen
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