Mister Roberts (1984)
1h 40m
Running Time
March 18, 1984Release Date
Plot.
Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a tyrannical captain to the admiration of Ensign Pulver, Doc, and the crew.
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Hays
Lt. JG Doug Roberts
Kevin Bacon
Ens. Frank Pulver
Raye Birk
Dowdy
Charles Durning
The Captain
Howard Hesseman
Doc
Melvin Bernhardt
Director
Peter Jason
Chief Johnson
Thomas Heggen
Writer
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Mister Roberts is a 1984 American made-for-television comedy-drama film adapted from the 1948 play by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan, based on Heggen's 1946 novel. It stars Robert Hays as Doug Roberts and Charles Durning as the Captain. The film was originally broadcast on NBC on March 19, 1984.. There was a 1955 Academy Award-winning film of the same name starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, and Jack Lemmon.