Movie
Mister Roberts
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1955-07-10
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Orange Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Roberts
- James Cagney as Captain Morton
- William Powell as Doc
- Jack Lemmon as Ensign Frank Pulver
- Betsy Palmer as Lieutenant Ann Girard
- Ward Bond as Dowdy
- Philip Carey as Mannion
- Nick Adams as Reber
- Perry Lopez as Rodrigues
- Ken Curtis as Dolan
- Robert Roark as Insigna
- Harry Carey, Jr. as Stefanowski
Crew
- John Ford - Director
- Mervyn LeRoy - Director
- Frank S. Nugent - Screenplay
- Joshua Logan - Screenplay
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