Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
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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.
Genres
Crime, Fantasy, Komödie, comedy film
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