Directors: John Ford; Mervyn LeRoy

Writers: Frank Nugent; Joshua Logan

From novel: Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen

From a play: Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan

Music Composed and Conducted by: Franz Waxman

Producer: Leland Hayward

Keywords: Drama, Comedy, WWII

Mister Roberts, cargo officer on a rundown cargo vessel in the Pacific Theater, aches to be transferred to a destroyer where he might experience some actual fighting; his captain sees the value in Roberts and wants him to stay put. Adaptation of the 1948-51 Broadway play, which ran for 1157 performances. Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; the film received additional nominations for Best Picture and Best Sound Recording. Followed nine years later by a lesser sequel, Ensign Pulver (1964).

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nick Adams	Actor	10-Jul-1931	7-Feb-1968	Johnny Yuma on The Rebel
Tige Andrews	Actor	19-Mar-1920	27-Jan-2007	Capt. Greer on The Mod Squad
Ward Bond	Actor	9-Apr-1903	5-Nov-1960	Wagon Train
James Cagney	Actor	17-Jul-1899	30-Mar-1986	New York tough guy
Harry Carey, Jr.	Actor	16-May-1921	27-Dec-2012	The Whales of August
Philip Carey	Actor	15-Jul-1925	6-Feb-2009	One Life to Live
Ken Curtis	Actor	2-Jul-1916	29-Apr-1991	Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke
Henry Fonda	Actor	16-May-1905	12-Aug-1982	12 Angry Men
Duke Kahanamoku	Swimmer	24-Aug-1890	22-Jan-1968	Olympic swimmer, five-time medalist
Jack Lemmon	Actor	8-Feb-1925	27-Jun-2001	The Odd Couple
Martin Milner	Actor	28-Dec-1931	6-Sep-2015	LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12
Betsy Palmer	Actor	1-Nov-1926	29-May-2015	Friday the 13th
William Powell	Actor	29-Jul-1892	5-Mar-1984	My Man Godfrey
Patrick Wayne	Actor	15-Jul-1939		Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

CAST

Starring
Henry Fonda	...   Lt. Roberts
James Cagney	...   Capt. Morton
William Powell	...   Doc
Jack Lemmon	...   Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver
Also Starring
Betsy Palmer	...   Lt. Ann Girard
Ward Bond	...   CPO Dowdy
Philip Carey	...   Mannion
The Crew
Nick Adams	...   Crewman
Perry Lopez	...   Crewman
Ken Curtis	...   Crewman
Robert Roark	...   Crewman
Harry Carey, Jr.	...   Crewman
Patrick Wayne	...   Crewman
Frank Aletter	...   Crewman
Tige Andrews	...   Crewman
Fritz Ford	...   Crewman
Jim Moloney	...   Crewman
Buck Kartalian	...   Crewman
Denny Niles	...   Crewman
William Henry	...   Crewman
Francis Connor	...   Crewman
William Hudson	...   Crewman
Shug Fisher	...   Crewman
Stubby Kruger	...   Crewman
Danny Borzage	...   Crewman
Harry Tenbrook	...   Crewman
Jim Murphy	...   Crewman
Nurses
Kathleen O'Malley	...   Nurse
Maura Murphy	...   Nurse
Mimi Doyle	...   Nurse
Jeanne Murray	...   Nurse
Lonnie Pierce	...   Nurse
Martin Milner	...   Shore Patrol Officer
Gregory Walcott	...   Shore Patrolman
James Flavin	...   Military Policeman
Jack Pennick	...   Marine Sergeant
Duke Kahanamoku	...   Native Chief

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