| Ensign Pulver | |
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| Directed by | Joshua Logan |
| Screenplay by | Peter S. Feibleman Joshua Logan |
| Based on | Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen |
| Produced by | Joshua Logan |
| Starring | Robert Walker Jr. Burl Ives Walter Matthau Larry Hagman |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | est. $1,200,000 (US/ Canada)[2] |
Ensign Pulver is a 1964 American Technicolor comedy drama film in Panavision and a sequel to the 1955 film Mister Roberts. The film stars Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau and Tommy Sands and features Millie Perkins, Larry Hagman, Kay Medford, Peter Marshall, Jack Nicholson, Richard Gautier, George Lindsey, James Farentino and James Coco.[3]
The film is directed and co-written by Joshua Logan, who had directed and co-written the 1948 Mister Roberts stage play on Broadway,[4] and also shot scenes for the 1955 film after director John Ford fell ill.
The story concerns the U.S.S. Reluctant, a cargo ship in the waning days of World War II that is at anchor beside a tropical island. Several of the film's events—such as attacking the Captain while he is watching a film, and one of the sailors trying to obtain compassionate leave to deal with the funeral of his child—are taken from Thomas Heggen's original 1946 novel Mister Roberts. The characters of Pulver, Doc and several crewmen return from the first film, but played by different actors.
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/56260556/?match=1&terms=%22Ensign%20Pulver%22 The Times-Record, June 23, 1964, p. 17
- ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.
- ^ Variety film review; February 26, 1964, page 6.
- ^ Steinberg, Jay S. "Ensign Pulver" (article) on TCM.com