Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Genres - Fantasy, Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Animal Picture |
Release Date - Jul 1, 1952 (USA - Unknown), Jul 1, 1952 (USA) |
Run Time - 81 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Francis Goes to West Point is the third entry in Universal's money-spinning series about a talking mule. Donald O'Connor once again stars as Peter Sterling, who with the garrulous Francis' helps prevent the destruction of an atomic energy plant. As a reward, Peter is given a scholarship to West Point, where he quickly distinguishes himself as the military academy's biggest foul-up. Peter's future as an officer and a gentleman is saved by the timely arrival of Francis, who functions as the West Point football team's mascot. This time around, O'Connor is allotted two lovely leading ladies, played by Lori Nelson and Alice Kelly. Two of the West Point cadets are played by future TV favorites David Janssen and James Best. And as always, Francis' Southern-fried voice is supplied by Chill Wills.
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animal, friendship, appointment, army, basic-training [military], cadet, expulsion, football, hazing, help, mascot, military, military-academy, mule, Navy, problems, sabotage, school, talking-animal, training, west
