Synopsis: Crummy
captain crushes crew, sullen sailors sulk, observant officers object.
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “Month after month, beneath a blazing Pacific sun, the Reluctant
carries cargo from port to port along the forgotten seaways of World War II. Its
crew is going crazy. Somewhere, below the horizon, the war – the real war – is passing
them by.”
What Did I Learn?:
You can make “scotch” with medical alcohol (I’m assuming it’s ethanol, rather
than methanol, or somebody could wind up blind or dead), a bit of warm
Coca-Cola, and a few drops of iodine.
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Movie If: You would much rather sit down for a beer with Henry Fonda than James Cagney.
Really?: 1)
Nobody seems to think it’s disturbing, or a breach of Navy discipline when the
men use binoculars and telescopes to blatantly leer at nurses getting changed
on a nearby island. 2) Funny how the PA system is mistakenly left on during a
private conversation between Roberts and the tyrannical captain, and the men
suddenly realize what’s going on.
Rating: Goofball
comedy and serious themes mix uneasily in Mister
Roberts (I think it probably worked better as a stage play), making it a
difficult movie to “get”. It hasn’t aged well, but I would recommend Mister
Roberts, if only to watch Henry Fonda, James “you dirty rats!” Cagney, and Jack Lemmon together on screen. 7/10
stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048380/
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