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Francis Goes to the Races is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Arthur Lubin released in USA on 1 may 1951 with Donald O'Connor
Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
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Add to a movie listFrancis Goes to the Races is a 1951 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, and Cecil Kellaway. The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice-over by actor Chill Wills.
This is a sequel to Universal-International's Francis.
Synopsis
Francis the Talking Mule and his sidekick Peter Sterling visit Colonel Travers and his granddaughter on their family horse farm. Peter soon finds himself involved in the world of horse racing and a crime boss and his men trying to "fix" races involving the Travers' horses.Actors
Donald O'Connor
(Peter Stirling)
Piper Laurie
(Frances Travers)
Cecil Kellaway
(Colonel Travers)
Jesse White
(Frank Damer)
Vaughn Taylor
(Chief Inspector Carrington)
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