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Francis Joins the WACS (1954)

THE FUNNIEST NEW COMEDY IDEA IN YEARS!

Director: Arthur Lubin

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Writer: Herbert Baker, Devery Freeman, James B. Allardice, David Stern

Runtime: 1h 35m

Release: 30 Jul, 1954

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Cast

Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, Mamie Van Doren, Lynn Bari, Zasu Pitts

Overview

Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!

Reviews

r96sk

Yet another yawnful entry from this series, unfortunately. The cast are the only thing about <em>'Francis Joins the WACS'</em> that is worthy of minimal praise. Donald O'Connor is solid again, Julie Adams is OK and Chill Wills' move into the live-action cast (whilst still voicing Francis) is relatively amusing. Still, the problem remains that Francis feels sidelined in these more recent follow-ups. In fairness, this fourth sequel got one-or-two more minor chuckles out of me - not that that helps raise the film up, as those moments are few and far between amid a myriad of predictability and repetitiveness. You can also imagine the low standard of humour used here, given Stirling joins the Women's Army Corps. Not the worst <em>'Francis'</em> film, but that's hardly a plus point. <em>'Francis in the Navy'</em> is, finally, next - which is the whole <a href="https://letterboxd.com/r96sk/list/ranked-clint-eastwood-act/">reason</a> as to why I'm even watching this series!

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