Mister Roberts (1955 film)

Mister Roberts
Directed byJohn Ford
Mervyn LeRoy
Joshua Logan (uncredited)
Screenplay byFrank S. Nugent
Joshua Logan
Based onMister Roberts
(1946 novel)
by Thomas Heggen;
Mister Roberts
(1948 play)
by Thomas Heggen
Joshua Logan
Produced byLeland Hayward
StarringHenry Fonda
James Cagney
William Powell
Jack Lemmon
CinematographyWinton C. Hoch
Edited byJack Murray
Music byFranz Waxman
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 30, 1955 (1955-07-30)
Running time
120,[1]
123,[2] or
120-121, 123 or 126 minutes[3][4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.3 million[5]
Box office$21.2 million[6]

Mister Roberts is a 1955 American comedy-drama film directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy featuring an all-star 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 three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor, with Lemmon winning the latter.[7]

  1. ^ "Mister Roberts". Variety. December 31, 1954.
  2. ^ Mister Roberts at IMDb
  3. ^ "Mister Roberts (1955)". American Film Institute.
  4. ^ Mister Roberts (1955) at the TCM Movie Database
  5. ^ "'Spirit' Soared High $7,000,000 Sez Hayward". Variety. February 27, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved June 10, 2019 – via Archive.org.
  6. ^ Box Office Information for Mister Roberts. The Numbers. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Oscars1956 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).