Francis the Talking Mule is a fictional mule who first appeared in three short stories written for Esquire magazine by David Stern, which he later combined into the 1946 novel Francis. This was the basis of a series of seven Universal-International comedy films released from 1950 to 1956.

Francis: Directed by Arthur Lubin. With Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins. During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him.

One of the most beloved family films of all time, Francis the Talking Mule stars Donald O'Connor as a bewildered soldier who befriends an old army mule... who happens to talk!...

Francis is a 1950 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International that launched the Francis the Talking Mule film series. Francis is produced by Robert Arthur and directed by Arthur Lubin , and stars Donald O'Connor and Patricia Medina .

Francis the Talking Mule movies. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Francis in the Haunted House. Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime. 2. Francis in the Navy.

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.

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. Leonard Nimoy had a small, uncredited speaking role as a football player.

Francis the Talking Mule is a 1950 American fantasy comedy movie directed by Arthur Lubin and is the first movie in the series of novels by David Stern. It stars Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Chill Wills, Tony Curtis, Frank Faylen, Robert Warwick and was distributed by Universal Pictures.

Francis the Talking Mule, usually voiced by actor Chill Wills (1902–1978), helped his bumbling sidekick Donald O'Connor (1925–) out of humorous situations in a popular series of movie comedies in the 1940s and 1950s.

Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime. Director Charles Lamont Stars Mickey Rooney Virginia Welles James Flavin