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Mister Roberts is a 1955 American comedy-drama film directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy featuring an all-star cast including Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts, James Cagney as Captain Morton, William Powell (in his final film appearance) as Doc, and Jack Lemmon as Ensign Pulver.
With Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon. In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
Dec 30, 2020 · Beyond th ...more. Mister Roberts (1955) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #MisterRoberts The USS Reluctant carries cargo along World War II's forgotten Pacific seaways. Beyond the horizon, the real...
Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell and Academy Award (R) winner Jack Lemmon steer a ramshackle Navy cargo ship into the wartime comedy hall of fame. An all-time classic.
Film Details. Based on the play Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan, as produced on the stage by Leland Hayward (New York, 18 Feb 1948), from the novel of the same name by Thomas Heggen (Boston, 1946).
Bittersweet film about a supply officer aboard a decrepit cargo ship during World War II who yearns for a transfer into a combat zone but is...
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