Mister Roberts
1955 · 123 min
Directed by John Ford, Joshua Logan, Mervyn LeRoy. Written by Frank S. Nugent, Joshua Logan. Starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon.
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.
Critics 100% · audiences 84% · streaming on YouTube (free) · 3 Oscar nominations, 1 won