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Mister Roberts

1955 · 123 min

A warm, funny, and quietly sad shipboard comedy about men stuck far from the fight, with a sting in its tail.

Directed by: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
Starring: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell

Tagline: All The Uproarious Fun Of the Smash Broadway Play!
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
Starring: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
loyalty
friendship
war
isolation
Places: sea
military
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, war
Directed by: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Written by: Frank S. Nugent, Joshua Logan
Starring: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond, Philip Carey, Nick Adams
Music: Franz Waxman
Cinematography: Winton C. Hoch
Runtime: 123 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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