Francis Joins the WACS (1954)

★ 5.8 1h 35m IMDb

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

Francis Joins the WACS

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Cast

Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor as Peter Stirling Died 2003 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Donald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan,...
Julie Adams
Julie Adams as Jane Parker Died 2019 · Waterloo, Iowa, USA Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019) was an American actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contri...
Mamie Van Doren
Mamie Van Doren as Bunky Hilstrom Age 95 · Rowena, South Dakota, USA Mamie Van Doren (born February 6, 1931) is a European-American businesswoman, entrepreneur, nightclub performer, model, actress, producer, singer, blogger, author and sex symbol..
Lynn Bari
Lynn Bari as Louise Simpson Died 1989 · Roanoke, Virginia, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lynn Bari (born Margaret Schuyler Fisher, December 18, 1913 – November 20, 1989) was a film actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in...
Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts as Valerie Humpert Died 1963 · Parsons, Kansas, USA Zasu Pitts was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the advent of sound films. She may be best known for her perfo...
Joan Shawlee
Joan Shawlee as Sergeant Kipp Died 1987 · Forest Hills, New York, USA Reliable character actress who is perhaps known for her performance as Sweet Sue in Billy Wilder's comedy classic, "Some Like It Hot" (1959)..

Audience Reviews

r96sk 5/10 Jan 03, 2022
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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