Mister Roberts

Comedy, Drama, War

Henry Fonda	Lt. Doug Roberts
James Cagney	Captain Morion
William Powell	Doc
Jack Lemmon	Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver
Nick Adams	Reber
Frank Aletter	Gerhart
Tige Andrews	Wiley
Ward Bond	C.P.O. Dowdy
Harry Carey Jr.	Stefanowski
Philip Carey	Mannion
Betsy Palmer	Lt. Ann Girard
Perry Lopez	Rodrigues
Ken Curtis	Yeoman 3rd Class Dolan

Director	Mervyn LeRoy; John Ford; Joshua Logan
Producer	Leland Hayward
Writer	Joshua Logan; Frank S. Nugent; Thomas Heggen; Frank Nugent

Mr. Roberts (Henry Fonda) AKA Lieutenant JG Douglas Roberts is stuck on the USS Reluctant, a naval vessel he usually calls “the bucket.” He would rather be nearly anywhere else, not in small part due to the repressive skipper Capt. Morton (James Cagney) who thwarts his every transfer attempt and generally makes him and the rest of the crew miserable. His growing frustration is calmed by ship’s physician “Doc”(William Powell) while Ensign Pulver (Jack Lemmon) avoids as much work as possible while running every money-making scheme he can manage. The Reluctant is a supply ship so there is not even combat to interrupt the tedium and the strife between captain and crew. A finale explosion of tension centers around a potted palm the captain received as an award, and a surprising show of character from the lackadaisical Pulver, leading to Mr. Roberts' eventual fate.