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- Jack Lemmon appears in Mister Roberts with Henry Fonda, in which he takes over Fonda's position of Cargo Officer when Fonda is transferred off the USS Reluctant. In the 1997 remake 12 Angry Men, Lemmon plays the same juror that Fonda played in the original 12 Angry Men.
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Mister Roberts is a 1955 American comedy-drama film directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy featuring an all-star cast including Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts, James Cagney as Captain Morton, William Powell (in his final film appearance) as Doc, and Jack Lemmon as Ensign Pulver.
With Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon. In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan
- 1955-07-30
Jack Lemmon appears in Mister Roberts with Henry Fonda, in which he takes over Fonda's position of Cargo Officer when Fonda is transferred off the USS Reluctant. In the 1997 remake 12 Angry Men, Lemmon plays the same juror that Fonda played in the original 12 Angry Men.
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Mister Roberts, American comedy film, released in 1955, featuring acclaimed performances by Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, William Powell, and James Cagney.
Mister Roberts traces the misadventures of the frustrated crew of the USS Reluctant, a cargo ship operating in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Fonda, who won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway production, reprised the role of Doug Roberts, an officer who wants to transfer to a fighting ship. The tyrannical captain (played by Cagney), however, keeps the capable and respected Roberts aboard in hopes of securing a promotion.
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•Studio: Warner Brothers
•Directors: John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy
•Writers: Joshua Logan and Frank S. Nugent
•Music: Franz Waxman
•Henry Fonda (Doug Roberts)
•James Cagney (Captain Morton)
•William Powell (Doc)
•Jack Lemmon (Ensign Pulver)
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It was a box office hit and was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Oddly, Fonda was not nominated; granted, his steady, assured, and contemplative role is not a showy one for the big screen. Instead, Jack Lemmon delivered a big colorful extroverted breakout performance as Ensign Pulver
Mister Roberts is a 1955 American comedy-drama film directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy featuring an all-star cast including Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts, James Cagney as Captain Morton, William Powell (in his final film appearance) as Doc, and Jack Lemmon as Ensign Pulver.
'Mister Roberts' is a comedy action movie made in 1955, directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy and with an all star cast headed by Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, and William Powell. The movie was based on Thomas Heggen's 1946 novel of the same name, which was made into a Broadway play in 1948, also starring Henry Fonda and which ran ...
