A comic variation on 'Mutiny on the Bounty' set during the closing days
of World War Two with James Cagney as the Captain Bligh character and
Henry Fonda as his Fletcher Christian. It was based on one of the
longest running shows ever to play Broadway and Fonda was reprising his
Tony award-winning role as "Mister Roberts". He's fine in the part but
it's Cagney and, in a lesser role, Jack Lemmon who walk off with the
picture and, in Lemmon's case, the Oscar for Best Supporting
Actor. Despite location shooting in Hawaii, it's still very stagey and
there are times you expect the sailors to burst into a chorus of
'There's Nothing Like a Dame', (Joshua Logan was in part responsible for
both this and "South Pacific"). Still, its reputation as a classic has
been justly earned and while it may be a tad on the obvious side, it's
still very entertaining.Monday 25 February 2019
MISTER ROBERTS
A comic variation on 'Mutiny on the Bounty' set during the closing days
of World War Two with James Cagney as the Captain Bligh character and
Henry Fonda as his Fletcher Christian. It was based on one of the
longest running shows ever to play Broadway and Fonda was reprising his
Tony award-winning role as "Mister Roberts". He's fine in the part but
it's Cagney and, in a lesser role, Jack Lemmon who walk off with the
picture and, in Lemmon's case, the Oscar for Best Supporting
Actor. Despite location shooting in Hawaii, it's still very stagey and
there are times you expect the sailors to burst into a chorus of
'There's Nothing Like a Dame', (Joshua Logan was in part responsible for
both this and "South Pacific"). Still, its reputation as a classic has
been justly earned and while it may be a tad on the obvious side, it's
still very entertaining.
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