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Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)

86 min · Crime, Fantasy, Komödie, comedy film

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Directors

Arthur Lubin

Cast

Donald O'Connor, Yvette Dugay, Gene Lockhart, Nancy Guild, Chill Wills, Larry Gates, Silvio Minciotti, Gale Gordon, Forrest Lewis, Lowell Gilmore, Hanley Stafford, William Harrigan, Maurice Cass, James Flavin, Roy Gordon

The story

Peter lands a job at a big New York City newspaper and while on assignment gets framed for a murder. Arriving in New York City with dreams of being a star reporter, Peter has to begin as a harried copy boy. Luckily, he is able to find a small apartment in the Little Italy section that has an attached stable for Francis.

Catalogue themes and tags

Article, Disclosure, Donkey, Gaunerpaar, Gossip, Information, Insider, Mule, New York, Pferde, Police, Report, Tageszeitung, sprechende Tiere

Genres

Crime, Fantasy, Komödie, comedy film

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