- Country: USA
- Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Release: 1953-07-17
- Director: Arthur Lubin
- Writers: Oscar Brodney , David Stern
- Language: Italian | English
- Stars: Donald O’Connor , Yvette Duguay , Gene Lockhart (1891–1957) , Nancy Guild , William Harrigan , Silvio Minciotti , Lowell Gilmore , Larry Gates (I) (1915–1996) , Hanley Stafford , Gale Gordon
- Runtime: 86 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Фрэнсис в большом городе (Russian Federation) , Frensis u velegradu , Francis, journaliste (Belgium) , Francis suurkaupungissa (Finland) , Francis Covers the Big Town , Francis Covers the Big Town (United States of America) , Francis journalist (Belgium) , Francis Detective (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Francis rensar stan (Sweden) , Francis contro la camorra (Italy) , Francis Covers the Big Town (United Kingdom) , Konuşan katır gangsterlere karşı (Turkey) , Francis, O Detetive (Brazil) , Francis Journaliste (France, French Republic)
- Plot: U.S. Army veteran Peter Stirling and his friend, Francis the talking Mule (who was not a donkey), arrive in New York City, where Peter has ambitions to become a big-time newspaper reporter, but can only get a job as a copy boy. Francis, the talking MULE (and not a donkey), though is boarding at the stables where the horses of the city's mounted police are kept, and mounted-police horses are known for being gossips, so Francis gets lots of inside information regarding local crime activity, passes it on to Peter, and Peter is soon leading the town in big-time scoops. This pleases his city-editor to no end, but the local gangsters are not amused.
- IMDB:tt0045789
Francis Covers the Big Town Cast · · · ALL
Arthur Lubin
Director
Donald O’Connor
Peter Stirling
Yvette Duguay
Maria Scola
Gene Lockhart
(1891–1957)
Tom Henderson
Nancy Guild
Alberta Ames
William Harrigan
Inspector Hansen
Silvio Minciotti
Salvatore Scola
Lowell Gilmore
Jefferson "JG" Garnet
Larry Gates
(I)
(1915–1996)
Dan Austin
Gale Gordon
Evans
Forrest Lewis
Judge Stanley
Chill Wills
Francis (as Franis the Talking Mule)