I have heard he was very briefly (or maybe it was the play on broadway). I heard he was uncredited but maybe someone knows. I thought maybe he was the officer in the scene where some of the strawberries were given to another ship and Dean was the one that said "Thanks for the Strawberries." It may not have been him though. Can anyone help?
shareThat wasn't James Dean. (Not sure if he appeared in the Broadway play). Dean, during this time, was pretty busy with REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and GIANT. Dean's very good buddy and REBEL co-star, Nick Adams did appear in MISTER ROBERTS, as Reber, the one who thought he had an appendix problem, but of course was pointing the wrong direction in front of the Doc!
shareIt was "Thanks for the oranges." Not strawberries.
shareAgreed. The strawberries were in "The Caine Mutiny"!
shareHey--I just thought of something: both "Caine Mutiny" and "Mister Roberts" had marbles. Queeg played with his when he lost it, and Pulver wanted to torment his captain with some.
"Dadoo4050: and who, disguised as a mild-mannered schoolteacher. . ."
Both had unreasonable captains whose men wanted to rebel as well.
shareGlad to see I'm not the only one who tends to mentally associate those two films together despite the fact that one is a more serious drama (Caine) and the other a more lighthearted (with serious moments) comedy. There have been times I'd think of a scene, like the strawberries scene, and have to think for a few minutes which movie it was in.....I could easily picture Cagney ranting and raving and interrogating everyone about missing strawberries...!
shareDean was never in the film or the play. Regarding the movie, he was already doing starring roles when the movie was being shot, and in any case he's not in it. As for the play, it premiered on Broadway in 1948 and ended by 1951. Dean didn't move to New York until 1953.
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