Several of the film's events – such as attacking the Captain while he is watching a film, and one the sailors trying to obtain compassionate leave to deal with a dying child – are taken from Thomas Heggen's original novel Mister Roberts.
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Ensign Pulver is a 1964 American film and a sequel to the 1955 film Mister Roberts.
Thomas Heggen (23 December 1918 – 19 May 1949) was an American author best known for his 1946 novel Mister Roberts and its adaptations to stage and screen.
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Tom Heggen - Literary writer; his book Mister Roberts would go on to be a hit on Broadway, in addition to being adapted into a movie starring Henry Fonda