Mister Roberts (1955)
There are many other people in the cast of Mister Roberts, but the only one everyone remembers is Jack Lemmon. Winning Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, his style is the manic, over-the-top comedy you can also find as he plays the bongos in Bell Book and Candle. He hadn’t yet found his comic perfection or his dramatic talents, and I have no idea why he was rewarded by the Academy so early in his career. If you do like him in this movie, check out the 1964 sequel Ensign Pulver, with Robert Walker Jr. taking over Jack’s role.
The story takes place on a cargo ship with a stern captain, James Cagney. William Powell is the calm ship doctor with wisdom and one-liners. Henry Fonda is the title character who is unsatisfied “sitting out” the war and keeps applying for a transfer. Jack Lemmon is the comic relief who flirts and bargains and scrounges and makes trouble. Basically, everyone plays a caricature of themselves, overacting to the back row and reminding everyone in the audience that it was originally a Broadway play. Obviously, I wouldn’t recommend this one. I’m very tough on war comedies, since it’s hard to add humor to an extremely serious subject matter. Keep your eye out for a supporting cast of Ward Bond, Philip Carey, Nick Adams, Harry Carey Jr., and Patrick Wayne.
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The story takes place on a cargo ship with a stern captain, James Cagney. William Powell is the calm ship doctor with wisdom and one-liners. Henry Fonda is the title character who is unsatisfied “sitting out” the war and keeps applying for a transfer. Jack Lemmon is the comic relief who flirts and bargains and scrounges and makes trouble. Basically, everyone plays a caricature of themselves, overacting to the back row and reminding everyone in the audience that it was originally a Broadway play. Obviously, I wouldn’t recommend this one. I’m very tough on war comedies, since it’s hard to add humor to an extremely serious subject matter. Keep your eye out for a supporting cast of Ward Bond, Philip Carey, Nick Adams, Harry Carey Jr., and Patrick Wayne.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thank "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More Ward Bond movies here!