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Francis in the Navy

5.5 80 mins Comedy   Family   Fantasy   Romance   1955
Universal International Pictures  
Director(s): Arthur Lubin

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the Coronado, California naval base, where Francis is about to be sold as surplus. Pete rushes to the train station, but before he can board, nurse Betsy Donevan mistakes him for her shell-shocked brother, Navy boatswain Slicker Donevan. She tries to forcibly remove his uniform so he will not get into trouble for impersonating an Army officer. Finally she realizes that Pete is not Slicker but merely his mirror image.

Casts of Francis in the Navy

Donald O'Connor

as Peter Stirling

Martha Hyer

as Betsy Donevan

Richard Erdman

as Murph

Jim Backus

as Commander Hutch

Clint Eastwood

as Jonesey

David Janssen

as Lieutenant Anders

Leigh Snowden

as Nurse Appleby

Martin Milner

as W.T. Rickson

Paul Burke

as Tate

Phil Garris

as Tony Stover

Myrna Hansen

as Helen

Jane Howard

as Nurse Standish

Virginia O'Brien

as Nurse Kittredge

William Forrest

as Admiral

Chill Wills

as Francis (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Chase

as Yeoman (uncredited)

Carl Switzer

as Timekeeper (uncredited)

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