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- Military LifeMilitaryFriendsFighting the SystemFriendship
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- ComedyDrama
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- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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- Irreverent Humor
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Mister Roberts, 1955
English
USA
Profile of Mister Roberts
Mister Roberts can be described as emotional, captivating, and humorous. The plot revolves around military life, friends, and fighting the system. Its comic aspect comes from irreverent humor. Mister Roberts's main genres are drama and comedy. In approach, it is realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Mister Roberts takes place during World War 2. It is adapted from a play and based on a book. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed and an Oscar winner.
Summary of Mister Roberts
The film represents Henry Fonda's return to the screen after an absence of seven years, part of which was spent playing the eponymous officer in the immensely successful stage version of Thomas Heggen's novel. As cargo officer and second in command on a supply ship during World War II, the easygoing Lt. Doug Roberts is excluded from a much desired combat role while playing whipping boy to dyspeptic tyrant Captain Morion (James Cagney). Ensign Frank Pulver (Jack Lemmon), a brash yet cowardly wheeler-dealer, entertains Roberts with his elaborate pranks while the fatherly Doc (William Powell in his last screen appearance) offers advice. The young crew tries every available means of killing boredom, including eyeballing the nurses on a nearby island through a telescope, and Roberts does what he can to get them the R and R they badly need. The film had a troubled production history, mostly because of conflicts between Fonda, a friend of author Thomas Heggen's, and Ford, who wished to make changes that Fonda disliked. Shortly after physically attacking Fonda, Ford suffered a ruptured gallbladder and was replaced by Mervyn LeRoy. Fonda is excellent, and Lemmon gives an inspired, Oscar-winning performance in a film that flows evenly from the comic to the tragic and stands among the best World War II films produced in the 1950s.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 10 July 1955 |
| Runtime: | 123 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Lt. JG Douglas A. 'Doug' Roberts
as Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver
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