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Francis Goes to West Point is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Arthur Lubin released in USA on 1 july 1952 with Donald O'Connor
Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 july 1952
Length 1h21
Directed by Arthur Lubin
OriginUSA
Themes Military humor in film
Rating61%
Francis Goes to West Point is a 1952 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley, and Gregg Palmer. The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice-over by actor Chill Wills.
This is third film in Universal-International's Francis the Talking Mule series.
Synopsis
Bumbling former World War II serviceman Peter Stirling is sent to the U. S. Army's military academy at West Point as a reward for stopping a plot to blow up his government workplace. After enrolling, he is privately tutored by his old army friend Francis, which gets him into trouble when he reveals that this tutor is one of West Point's very own mule mascots.Actors
Donald O'Connor
(Peter Stirling)
Lori Nelson
(Barbara Atwood)
Leonard Nimoy
(Football Player)
Alice Kelley
(Cynthia Daniels)
Gregg Palmer
(William Norton (as Palmer Lee))
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