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.

Donald O'Connor
as Peter Stirling

Patricia Medina
as Maureen Gelder

Zasu Pitts
as Valerie Humpert

Ray Collins
as Colonel Hooker

John McIntire
as General Stevens

Eduard Franz
as Colonel Plepper

Howland Chamberlain
as Major Nadel

James Todd
as Colonel Saunders

Robert Warwick
as Colonel Carmichael

Frank Faylen
as Sergeant Chillingbacker
r96sk
<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. ...