| | Mister Roberts DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Recommended Videos, Classic, Essential Cinema, World War II, Military, High Seas | | Starring | Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, Harry Carey, Jr., Betsy Palmer, Nick Adams, Philip Carey, Ken Curtis, William Henry, William Hudson, Frank Aletter, Fritz Ford, Harry Tenbrook | | Director | John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy | | Art Director | Art Loell | | Composer | Franz Waxman | | Costume Designer | Moss Mabry | | Director of Photography | Winton C. Hoch | | Editor | Jack Murray | | Producer | Leland Hayward | | Screenwriter | Frank S. Nugent, Joshua Logan
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Black & White; Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles The crew of a World War II cargo ship comes to rely on the genial Mister Roberts to mediate the tantrums of an unqualified captain. 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. MISTER ROBERTS features William Powell's final screen performance.
John Ford was replaced by Mervyn LeRoy because of illness.
Producer Leland Hayward also was responsible for the Broadway production.
Henry Fonda played Mister Roberts on Broadway as well.
This is the only Harry Tenbrook video. Mister Roberts | List Price | $19.97 (You save $5.52) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1955 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9227  | | CD Universe Part number | 7208450 | | Catalog number | 73635 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 19, 2006 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 123 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
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Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell and Academy Award(R) winner Jack Lemmon steer a ramshackle Navy cargo ship into the wartime comedy hall of fame. An all-time classic.
Year: 1955
Source: Warner Home Video
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