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Francis Covers the Big Town

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Francis Covers the Big Town

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

4.8

1h 26m

1953

“It's Brand NEW and it's all Hilarious!”

Synopsis

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

Director

Arthur Lubin

AdventureComedyCrimeFamilyFantasyRomance

new york citynewspaperchauffeurpolicejudgechaseslangitaliangungangsternarrationinvestigation

Cast & Crew

Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

as Peter Stirling

Yvette Duguay

Yvette Duguay

as Maria Scola

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

as Tom Henderson

Nancy Guild

Nancy Guild

as Alberta Ames

William Harrigan

William Harrigan

as Inspector Hansen

Silvio Minciotti

Silvio Minciotti

as Salvatore Scola

Lowell Gilmore

Lowell Gilmore

as Jefferson Garnet

Larry Gates

Larry Gates

as Dan Austin

Hanley Stafford

Hanley Stafford

as Dr. Goodrich

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