Francis Covers the Big Town

Francis Covers the Big Town is a 1953 American comedy film about Peter Stirling, a wannabe journalist who lands a job at a big New York City newspaper and gets mixed up in a murder trial with his trusty talking mule Francis. When Peter is framed for a murder, Francis's quick thinking helps clear him, but not before they become embroiled in a complex web of police investigation, gangsters, and romantic entanglements. As the case unfolds, Peter's editor Tom Henderson backs his silence, while his love life becomes increasingly complicated.