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Francis Goes to the Races: Directed by Arthur Lubin. With Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White. The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters.
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Overview. In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch. They end up saving it from financial ruin when Francis, who has the inside track with the racehorses, provides Peter with names of the winners before the races are run.
1.37 : 1. Film Length. 10 reels. After bumbler Peter Sterling is fired for insisting that his pal, a mule named Francis, can talk, he and Francis set out to look for new employment. Along the way, Francis, who is eager to shake Pete, decides to stay with Sir Gallant, a racehorse who happens to be a distant relative.
- Arthur Lubin, Jean Hathaway, Joe Kenny
- Donald O'connor
Francis Goes to the Races is a 1951 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Arthur Lubin, that stars Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, and Cecil Kellaway. The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice-over by actor Chill Wills.
It was later reissued in May 1994 on LaserDisc by MCA/Universal Home Video (Catalog #: 42024) as part of an Encore Edition Double Feature with Francis Goes to the Races (1951). The first two Francis films were released again in 2004 by Universal Pictures on Region 1 and Region 4 DVD , along with the next two in the series, as The Adventures of Francis the Talking Mule Vol. 1 .
In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule the loquacious equine and his plucky pal Peter (Donald O'Connor) get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch and end up saving it from financial ruin when Francis, who has the inside track with the racehorses, provides Peter with names of the winners before the races are run.
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In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch. They end up saving it from financial ruin when Francis, who has the inside track with the racehorses, provides Peter with names of the winners before the races are run. Sure enough Peter finds himself with a fistful of cash and uses it to buy a ...
