Francis the Talking Mule Collection

Donald O'Connor

Patricia Medina

Zasu Pitts

Ray Collins

John McIntire

Eduard Franz

Howland Chamberlain

James Todd

Robert Warwick

Frank Faylen

Tony Curtis

Mikel Conrad

Loren Tindall

Charles Meredith

Chill Wills

Arthur Lubin

Robert Arthur

Frank Skinner

Irving Glassberg

Bernard Herzbrun

Richard H. Riedel

A. Roland Fields

Russell A. Gausman

Rosemary Odell

Joan St. Oegger

Bud Westmore

Leslie I. Carey

Corson Jowett

David S. Horsley

Joan Hathaway

M.H. Lencer

David Stern

Milton Carruth

Comedy

Family

Fantasy

Francis

Universal International Pictures

United States of America

<em>'Francis'</em> is exactly what you'd expect it to be.

It isn't something I'd consider worthy of a watch due to many things, with one being the repetitive nature of the story. It's a poor flick, lacking in interest, from 1950; showing all the signs of a film from that era too, distastefully.

Donald O'Connor's performance is solid enough, he is definitely the reason why I'm not rating this film lower. Chill Wills voices the titular character and suits the role well, while Patricia Medina shows glimpses; despite a lousy accent. It's more so the plot that sticks out most, if not necessarily positively. It's as dumb as you'd predict and the film, for the most part, knows that in fairness.

Incredibly, it's the first of seven films from this series. One down and all that...

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