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Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

All The Uproarious Fun Of the Smash Broadway Play! Jul. 13, 1955 USA 123 Min.
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Director

John Ford
Director

Cast

Henry Fonda isMister Roberts
Mister Roberts
James Cagney isCapt. Morton
Capt. Morton
Jack Lemmon isEns. Frank Thurlowe Pulver
Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver
Betsy Palmer isLt. Ann Girard
Lt. Ann Girard
Ward Bond isChief Petty Officer Dowdy
Chief Petty Officer Dowdy
Perry Lopez isRodrigues
Rodrigues
Ken Curtis isYeoman 3rd Class Dolan
Yeoman 3rd Class Dolan

Synopsis

A hilarious and heartfelt military comedy-drama co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, Mister Roberts stars Henry Fonda as an officer who’s yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a noncommissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Capt. Morton (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon enjoys a star-making turn as the freewheeling Ensign Pulver, and William Powell stars as the ship’s doctor in his last screen role. Based on the 1946 novel with the same name, by Thomas Heggen, and the 1948 Broadway play, written by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan. Henry Fonda also starred in the original Broadway production. Warner Bros. didn’t want Fonda to star in the film, as they thought he was too old, and had been a stage player for so long (8 years), that he no longer was box office material. However, John Ford insisted on Fonda and the company eventually agreed.

Mister Roberts
Mister Roberts
Original title Mister Roberts
IMDb Rating 6.9 14,328 votes
TMDb Rating 7.2 55 votes