Mister Roberts (1955 film)

Mister Roberts is a 1955 American CinemaScope comedydrama film directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, and features an allstar 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. Based on the 1946 novel and 1948 Broadway play, the film was nominated for the Best Picture and Best Sound, Recording William A. Mueller Oscars Jack Lemmon received the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Roberts surreptitiously requests, and is granted crew liberty from one of Mortons superiors a port captain wishes to reward the Reluctants crew for meeting a difficult resupply schedule. The liberty is to supposed to be at their next resupply stop, but when the ship reaches an idyllic South Pacific island, Morton denies the crew their muchneeded shore leave. In private, Morton tells Roberts that the crew will not get liberty as long as he continues to request a transfer and writes letters regarding disharmony aboard the ship, which endanger Mortons chances of promotion. Morton strikes a bargain with Roberts In exchange for never requesting another transfer, never bending Mortons rules, and never revealing what has made him change his attitude, Morton will grant the crew liberty.Ashore, the crew lets loose after months of pentup frustration. Many crewmen are arrested and hauled back to the ship by the military police and the shore patrol. The next morning, Morton is reprimanded by the port captain and ordered to leave port immediately. Morton is almost speechless with rage at the black mark on his sterling record. ........

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