The background of the story is that during the World War II period, a US Navy cargo ship was traveling in the South Pacific. Fonda played the role of a dedicated officer Roberts, hoping to leave this quiet ship to the front line. But the captain is a man with a small belly, who takes the whole person for fun, and will not sign Roberts' application request in any case. In addition, there is a small soldier named Pulver on the ship, who always tries his best to escape from work. There was constant friction and argument between Roberts and the crew, even on small things. After experiencing the test of life and death, their friendship began to strengthen.
Mister Roberts movie plot
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Extended Reading
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Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver: [reading Mr. Roberts' letter] Doc, I've been aboard this destroyer for two weeks now and we've already been through four air attacks. I'm in the war at last, Doc! I've caught up with that task force that passed me by. I'm glad to be here. I had to be here, I guess. But I'm thinking now of you, Doc,and you, Frank. And Dolan, and Dowdy, and Insigna and everyone else on that bucket. All the guys everywhere who sail from tedium to apathy and back again, with an occasional side trip to monotony. This is a tough crew on here, and they have a wonderful battle record. But I've discovered, Doc, that the unseen enemy of this war is the boredom that eventually becomes a faith and, therefore, a terrible sort of suicide. l know now that the ones who refuse to surrender to it are the strongest of all. Right now I'm looking at something that's hanging over my desk. A preposterous hunk of brass attached to the most bilious piece of ribbon I've ever seen. I'd rather have it than the Congressional Medal of Honor. It tells me what I'll always be proudest of - that at a time in the world when courage counted most I lived among 62 brave men.
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Chief Petty Officer Dowdy: [referring to the letter from Forney] Could I have that, I'd like to post it for the crew.
Doc: [referring to the letter from Roberts] No, post this one. It's theirs.