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Francis Joins the WACS is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Arthur Lubin released in USA on 30 july 1954 with Donald O'Connor
Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
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Add to a movie listFrancis Joins the WACS is a 1954 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Ted Richmond, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, ZaSu Pitts, Mamie Van Doren, and Chill Wills in two roles, including the distinctive voice of Francis in voice-over.
This is the fifth film in Universal-International's Francis the Talking Mule series.
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Francis Joins the WACS concerns Peter Stirling's return to the U. S. Army. A computer error assigns junior officer Stirling by mistake to the Women's Army Corps. Peter's old friend Francis once again helps him through his various military and personal problems, including several familiar stays (once again) in the base's psychiatric ward!Actors
Donald O'Connor
(Peter Stirling)
Julie Adams
(Jane Parker)
Mamie Van Doren
(Bunky Hilstrom)
Chill Wills
(Francis (as Francis the Talking Muke))
Lynn Bari
(Louise Simpson)
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