Summaries

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.

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, Maureen, who pretended to be lost among the jungles.—Winston Song

Details

Keywords
  • psychotronic film
  • animal character name as title
  • american soldier
  • animals family
  • francis the mule character
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Family
  • War
Release date Feb 7, 1950
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English Japanese French
Filming locations Conejo Valley Airport - Thousand Oaks Blvd at Moorpark Blvd., Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Production companies Universal International Pictures (UI)

Box office

Budget $150000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 31m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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