Mister Roberts Comments

  • Henri 2023-09-29 15:25:09

    8. During the war, the transport ship was still much safer than the battleship, and Fangda died as soon as he was transferred. Lemon is...

  • Garrick 2023-09-28 03:19:18

    The situation on the...

  • Eugenia 2023-09-09 22:23:59

    The anti-war thoughts under the framework of Ford's patriotism, the thinking on people, war and country, are grand and...

  • Adonis 2023-08-26 16:50:44

    The first half of the film looks like an absurd slapstick, but at the bottom of the black humor, it deeply reflects the war-weariness of people in the later period of the...

  • Patricia 2023-08-13 02:49:44

    Behind the black humor is the love of comrades-in-arms in the army, especially when Fang Dabie is on the medal made by the sailors. . . The only flaw for me is that I felt prematurely that Mr. Roberts played by Fonda would die for the war, so the final outcome did not shock me. The rivalry between Cagney and Fonda is...

  • Daniella 2023-08-06 08:40:28

    Too positive energy, the subject matter is closer to Mutiny on the Ship, but the results are very different. However, switching back and forth between comedy and seriousness has weakened most of the comedy effect in the...

  • Ona 2023-07-21 11:05:42

    It turned out to be the first John Ford I...

  • Russell 2023-06-17 14:45:10

    Too positive energy, the subject matter is closer to Mutiny on the Ship, but the results are very different. However, switching back and forth between comedy and seriousness has weakened most of the comedy effect in the...

  • Wellington 2023-06-12 19:01:16

    ★★★☆ "The Long Way Home" broadcast...

  • Michel 2023-06-11 04:50:21

    War, comedy, playful, moving, unimaginable combination. Fonda's brilliance, Kegney's evil, Powell's detachment, Lemon's awakening, it's...

Extended Reading

Mister Roberts quotes

  • Lt. j.g. Douglas A. Roberts: I looked down from our bridge and saw our captain's palm tree! Our trophy for superior achievement! The Admiral John J. Finchley award for delivering more toothpaste and toilet paper than any other Navy cargo ship in the safe area of the Pacific.

  • [last lines]

    Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver: Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinkin' palm tree overboard! Now what's all this crud about no movie tonight?