Watch: Mister Roberts 1955 123movies, Full Movie Online – Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. He’d do anything to leave the quiet of the ship to join in the “action”. Trouble is, the captain of the ship, is a bit of a tyrant, and isn’t willing to sign Roberts’ transfer requests. Also on board is Ensign Pulver, who avoids work as best he can, whilst living off the riches of his buying and selling. Roberts and the crew are in constant battle, even over the smallest of disagreements..
Plot: Mr. Roberts is as an officer who’s yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
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Mister Roberts
From directors John Ford (My Darling Clementine, The Quiet Man, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), Mervyn LeRoy (Little Caesar, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang) and uncredited Joshua Logan (South Pacific, Camelot, Paint You Wagon), it was purely because I found out that one of the leading actors won the Oscar that I watched this, but I hoped it would be great too. Basically the USS Reluctant, nicknamed “The Bucket”, is the World War II re-supply ship serving in the South Pacific, and working on the ship is cargo officer Lt. JG Douglas A. ‘Doug’ Roberts (Henry Fonda). The war is coming to an end since the Germans have signed the surrender, but in the ocean the war seems to keep going, and Roberts feels that it is passing by and he will never see any action. Wanting to feel like he is worthwhile and experience new things he constantly requests Capt. Morton (James Cagney) to be transferred to a combat ship, but the Captain knows he cannot let one of his best officers in his crew. Roberts has a strong friendship with many of the zany members, including Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver (Oscar winning, and BAFTA nominated Jack Lemmon) and Lt. ‘Doc’ (William Powell), and he also helps them cope with the Captain’s very strict commands, including not letting them ashore for almost a year. Eventually Roberts does manage to persuade Capt. Morton to let the men go ashore, but in return he must carry out orders without comment or objection, and obviously he may consider a transfer. The men do think that Roberts has given in to the Captain’s reign, but they do find out what he was able to do for them, and they return the favour, meaning that by the end of the film he is able to go his own way, and Pulver becomes the new pain in the Captain’s neck. Also starring Betsy Palmer as Lt. Ann Girard, Ward Bond as Chief Petty Officer Dowdy, Philip Carey as Mannion and Nick Adams as Reber. In the title role Fonda is really good at being both laid back and objectionable to the thundering moments from Cagney, and of course Lemmon nearly steals the show with his fantastically Oscar winning eccentric physical and vocal laughs, I will admit there were moments where I lost track of the story, but the actors and characters were great, the Second World War setting and stuff is interesting enough, the visual and dialogue based jokes are funny, and overall it is an enjoyable comedy drama. It was nominated the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Sound. Jack Lemmon was number 43 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars. Very good!
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 3 min (123 min), 1 hr 47 min (107 min) (West Germany)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Comedy, Drama, War
Director John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan
Writer Frank S. Nugent, Joshua Logan, Thomas Heggen
Actors Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix 4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)
Aspect Ratio 2.55 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Warner Bros. Studio Laboratory, USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process CinemaScope (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm