Francis Goes to the Races

Francis Goes to the Races is a 1951 American blackandwhite comedy film from UniversalInternational, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Arthur Lubin, and starring Donald OConnor, Piper Laurie, and Cecil Kellaway. The distinctive voice of Francis is a voiceover by actor Chill Wills.

Francis the Talking Mule and his sidekick Peter Sterling visit Colonel Travers and his granddaughter on their family horse farm. Peter soon finds himself involved in the world of horse racing and a crime boss and his men trying to fix races involving the Travers horses.Francis had been a success, and in May 1950 Universal announced they had bought the film rights to David Sterns character Francis. These included rights to his 1948 book Francis Goes to Washington and to any other Francis books that he may write. Universal could make an unlimited number of film sequels and use the character for TV, radio, and commercials. For these rights Stern was paid a reported 60,000. ........

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