Francis in the Navy (1955)

Comedy Family Romance

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the Coronado, California naval base, where Francis is about to be sold as surplus. Pete rushes to the train station, but before he can board, nurse Betsy Donevan mistakes him for her shell-shocked brother, Navy boatswain Slicker Donevan. She tries to forcibly remove his uniform so he will not get into trouble for impersonating an Army officer. Finally she realizes that Pete is not Slicker but merely his mirror image.

Updated May 20 2020

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1955-08-24

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Keywords:

war ship navy u.s. army speaking horse anthropomorphism mule

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Runtime: 80 mins Rating: 5.6 Tag Line: That talking mule is back... and the Navy's got him!

Cast

Clint Eastwood

Jonesey

Timothy Carey

Auctioneer's Helper (uncredited)

Jim Backus

E.T. Hutch

Richard Erdman

Murph

Donald O'Connor

Peter Stirling

Paul Burke

Tate

Chill Wills

Francis the Talking Mule (voice) (uncredited)

Martin Milner

W.T. Rickson