Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Mister Roberts (1955)

Mister Roberts - (Original Trailer)

Henry Fonda re-creates his Broadway stage success in the World War II comedy Mister Roberts (1955).

Mister Roberts (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Disharmony Aboard This Ship

Henry Fonda, who won the Tony on Broadway in the same title role, takes a startling, indecent dressing down from James Cagney (the always-nameless “Captain,”), standing up for his crew (Ken Curtis et al) and his right to seek a transfer, in Mister Roberts, 1955, from Joshua Logan’s play, from the book by Thomas Heggen.

Mister Roberts (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Preferably Aboard A Destroyer

A hefty first scene, from the play by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan, for the title character (Henry Fonda) discussing his dilemma with wise Doc (William Powell), from Mister Roberts, 1955, in a segment directed by Mervyn LeRoy, who replaced John Ford.

Mister Roberts (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Is That Your Battleship?

Henry Fonda (title character) joined by Jack Lemmon (in his Best Supporting Actor award-winning role) as scalawag Ensign Pulver, who’s ashore on a ruse, to visit the nurses he and the crew have been ogling with binoculars, met by Betsy Palmer as Lt. Girard and her team, in the “safe area of the Pacific,” April, 1945, in Mister Roberts, 1955.