Mister Roberts

All The Uproarious Fun Of the Smash Broadway Play!

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Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

Released: Jul 10, 1955

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Henry Fonda

Lieutenant Roberts

James Cagney

Captain Morton

William Powell

Doc

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