Jun 10, 1953
86 min
Full-HD

Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

Category

Adventure Comedy Crime Family Fantasy Romance

Country

United States of America

Companies

Universal International Pictures

Donald O'Connor

Peter Stirling

Yvette Duguay

Maria Scola

Gene Lockhart

Tom Henderson

Nancy Guild

Alberta Ames

William Harrigan

Inspector Hansen

Silvio Minciotti

Salvatore Scola

Lowell Gilmore

Jefferson Garnet

Larry Gates

Dan Austin

Recommended For You

Crime
1948
Movie

Cry of the City

Cry of the City

6.7
1948

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Crime
1952
Movie

Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

6.9
1952

With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.

Crime
1950
Movie

The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

7
1950

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

Crime
1939
Movie

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

6.8
1939

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Crime
1954
Movie

Naked Alibi

Naked Alibi

6.1
1954

Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis?

Adventure
1992
Movie

Into the West

Into the West

6.4
1992

Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.

Genre : Adventure

Crime
1955
Movie

House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

6.2
1955

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

Adventure
1996
Movie

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

6.6
1996

When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of hazards, both man and beast.

Genre : Adventure

Crime
1961
Movie

West Side Story

West Side Story

7.2
1961

In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.

Fantasy
1988
Movie

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

7.5
1988

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

Genre : Fantasy

Thriller
1937
Movie

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent

6.6
1937

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

Genre : Thriller

Crime
1939
Movie

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

7.5
1939

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

Crime
1950
Movie

Force of Evil

Force of Evil

6.6
1950

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

Drama
1949
Movie

House of Strangers

House of Strangers

7
1949

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that remains loyal.

Crime
1968
Movie

Madigan

Madigan

6.2
1968

NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.

Family
2001
Movie

See Spot Run

See Spot Run

6
2001

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.

Comedy
1966
Movie

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

6.7
1966

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.

Crime
1947
Movie

Framed

Framed

6.4
1947

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.