Francis 74 years old

A Talking Mule....the funniest film surprise in 5 years!

Francis

The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic and led to one after another hilarious situations, where the mule was the only one that appeared in his right mind. In the process of all this, the mule assisted in uncovering a spy, Mareen, who pretended to be lost among the jungles, but was actually...

Credits

Francis Cast

Name Character
Eduard Franz He was 47, 80 years old when he died as Col. Plepper
John McIntire He was 42, 83 years old when he died as Gen. Stevens (as John McIntyre)
Donald O'Connor He was 24, 78 years old when he died as Peter Stirling
Howland Chamberlain He was 38, 73 years old when he died as Maj. Nadel
Chill Wills He was 47, 76 years old when he died as Francis the Talking Mule (voice)
Mikel Conrad He was 30, 63 years old when he died as Maj. Garber
James Todd as Col. Saunders
Ray Collins He was 60, 75 years old when he died as Col. Hooker
Patricia Medina She was 30, 92 years old when she died as Maureen Gelder
Creighton Hale He was 67, 83 years old when he died as Francis the Talking Mule (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Curtis He was 24, 85 years old when he died as Capt. Jones (as Anthony Curtis)
Robert Warwick He was 71, 85 years old when he died as Col. Carmichael
Frank Faylen He was 44, 79 years old when he died as Sgt. Chillingbacker
ZaSu Pitts She was 55, 69 years old when she died as Nurse Valerie Humpert
Loren Tindall as Maj. Richards
Charles Meredith He was 55, 70 years old when he died as Banker Munroe

Francis Crew

Name Department
Milton Carruth as Editor. He was 50 (73) years old when He died Editing
Arthur Lubin as Director. He was 51 (96) years old when He died Directing
David Stern as Novel. He was 7 (77) years old when He died Writing
David Stern as Screenplay. He was 7 (77) years old when He died Writing
Francis poster
Francis (74 years)

A Talking Mule....the funniest film surprise in 5 years!

  • Release day: Wednesday, February 08, 1950
  • Runtime: 91 minutes