Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

  • Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
  • Writer: Frank S. Nugent,Joshua Logan,Thomas Heggen
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: July 30, 1955
  • Aspect ratio: 2.55 : 1
  • Also known as: Keine Zeit für Heldentum
  • "Mister Roberts" is an American war comedy released on July 30, 1955, co-directed by John Ford, Melvin Leroy, and Joshua Logan, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell starred.
    The film tells the story of a US Navy cargo ship traveling in the South Pacific during World War II .

    Details

    • Release date July 30, 1955
    • Filming locations Midway Islands
    • Production companies Orange Productions

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $21,200,000

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    • By Henri 2023-09-29 15:25:09

      8. During the war, the transport ship was still much safer than the battleship, and Fangda died as soon as he was transferred. Lemon is...

    • By Garrick 2023-09-28 03:19:18

      The situation on the...

    • By Eugenia 2023-09-09 22:23:59

      The anti-war thoughts under the framework of Ford's patriotism, the thinking on people, war and country, are grand and...

    • By Adonis 2023-08-26 16:50:44

      The first half of the film looks like an absurd slapstick, but at the bottom of the black humor, it deeply reflects the war-weariness of people in the later period of the...

    • By Patricia 2023-08-13 02:49:44

      Behind the black humor is the love of comrades-in-arms in the army, especially when Fang Dabie is on the medal made by the sailors. . . The only flaw for me is that I felt prematurely that Mr. Roberts played by Fonda would die for the war, so the final outcome did not shock me. The rivalry between Cagney and Fonda is...

    Movie plot

    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...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    ·This film is the last film starring William Powell .
    · Before starring in the film version of "Mr. Rob", Henry Fonda won the 1948 Tony Award for the same role he portrayed on the Broadway stage.
    ·When preparing to shoot the motorcycle rushing out of the dock, the stuntman refused to finish. The director John Ford found a volunteering naval soldier Jack Lewis among the crowd. Although he had never ridden a motorcycle, he still had Have...
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    Produced by

    Production company: Orange
    Warner Bros. [United States]
    Distribution company: Warner Home Video Company [United States] (USA) (DVD)
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    Movie quotes

    • Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver: [singing] If I could be with you one hour tonight / If I was free to do the things I might / I'm telling you true / I'd be anything but blue / If I could be with you.

    • Lt. j.g. Douglas A. Roberts: [Pulver is expecting the company of a woman. Roberts reads out the embroidered words on one of Pulver's pillows in dismay] Tonight or never. Compliments of The American Harvester Company. We plough deep while others sleep.

    • Lt. j.g. Douglas A. Roberts: [Drinking a toast to Ensign Pulver] To a great American! Frank Thurlowe Pulver. Soldier, statesman, scientist...

      Doc: Friend of the working girl.