| Release Date: | Jun 1953 |
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| Genres: | Romance / Fantasy / Crime / Comedy / Adventure |
| Cast: | Donald O'Connor (Peter Stirling), Yvette Duguay (Maria Scola), Gene Lockhart (Tom Henderson), Nancy Guild (Alberta Ames), William Harrigan (Deputy Chief Inspector Hansen), Silvio Minciotti (Salvatore Scola), Lowell Gilmore (Jefferson 'JG' Garnet), Larry Gates (Dan Austin), Hanley Stafford (Dr. Goodrich), Gale Gordon (Dist. Atty. Evans), Forrest Lewis (Judge Stanley), Chill Wills (Francis the Talking Mule), Maurice Cass (Dr. Dale (uncredited)), G. Pat Collins (Bailiff (uncredited)), Tom Dillon (Captain Cranston (uncredited)), James Flavin (Detective Mulvaney (uncredited)), Charles Flynn (Jones (uncredited)), Roy Gordon (Roger van Cartel (uncredited)), Tim Graham (Arky Ross (uncredited)), Hans Herbert (Dr. Armitage (uncredited)), Nolan Leary (Ed (uncredited)), Bert LeBaron (Mug (uncredited)), James Logan (Court Officer (uncredited)), Saul Martell (Giuseppe, the Peddler (uncredited)), Louis Mason (Mason (uncredited)), Mira McKinney (Mrs. Henry Potterby (uncredited)), Esther Michelson (Mrs. Gold (uncredited)), William J. O'Brien (Juror (uncredited)), Eddie Parker (Mug (uncredited)), Leonard Penn (Brad Mitchell (uncredited)), John Qualen (Defense Attorney Cavendish (uncredited)), Anthony Radecki (Eddie Frippert (voice) (uncredited)), Julian Rivero (Mr. Bruno (uncredited)), Michael Ross (Parker, Garnet's Chauffeur (uncredited)), Dick Ryan (Burke (uncredited)), Irene Seidner (Mrs. Chekhov (uncredited)), Hal Smith (Vance (uncredited)), Phil Tully (Sawyer (uncredited)), George Wallace (Mounted Traffic Cop (uncredited)), Douglas Wood (Dr. Glosser (uncredited)) |
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.
