Mister Roberts

1955 · directed by John Ford

Rating

77/100

Hit

no

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.

Mister Roberts (1955), directed by John Ford, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Henry Fonda
• James Cagney
• William Powell
• Jack Lemmon
• Betsy Palmer
• Ward Bond
• Philip Carey
• Nick Adams
• Perry Lopez
• Ken Curtis

Crew

• Winton C. Hoch — Director of Photography
• Jack Murray — Editor
• Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer
• Frank S. Nugent — Screenplay
• Joshua Logan — Screenplay

More from John Ford

1. Stagecoach (1939) — 97/100 · hit
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — 96/100 · hit
3. The Searchers (1956) — 96/100 · hit
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — 89/100 · hit
5. My Darling Clementine (1946) — 86/100 · hit
6. How Green Was My Valley (1941) — 85/100 · hit

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