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COMEDY

DRAMA

FAMILY

WAR

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

name	character
Nick Adams	Reber
Frank Aletter	Gerhart
Tige Andrews	Wiley
Ward Bond	Dowdy
Danny Borzage	Crew
James Cagney	Captain Morton
Harry Carey Jr.	Stefanowski
Philip Carey	Mannion
Frank Connor	Crew
Ken Curtis	Dolan
Mimi Doyle	Nurse
Shug Fisher	Crew
James Flavin	Military Policeman
Henry Fonda	Mr. Roberts
Fritz Ford	Crew
William Henry	Crew
William Hudson	Crew
Duke Kahanamoku	Native Chief
Buck Kartalian	Crew
Stubby Kruger	Crew
Jack Lemmon	Frank Pulver
Perry Lopez	Rodrigues
Martin Milner	Shore Patrol Officer
Jim Moloney	Crew
Jimmy Murphy	Crew
Maura Murphy	Nurse
Jeanne Murray	Nurse
Denny Niles	Crew
Kathleen O'Malley	Nurse
Betsy Palmer	Ann Girard
Jack Pennick	Marine Sergeant
Lonnie Pierce	Nurse
William Powell	Doc
Robert Roark	Insigna
Harry Tenbrook	Crew
Gregory Walcott	Shore Patrolman
Patrick Wayne	Bookser

name
John Ford	director
Leland Hayward	producer
Thomas Heggen	writer (original)
Mervyn LeRoy	director
Joshua Logan	director, writer (original), screenplay
Frank S. Nugent	screenplay
Franz Waxman	composer

year	award	category	name
1955	Academy Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Jack Lemmon