Robinson Crusoe (1974)

Directed by

James MacTaggart

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is shipwrecked alone on a tropical island and must learn to survive. He eventually meets another man whom he calls Friday, and they form a complicated relationship.

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What happens

"Robinson Crusoe" is a television play episode of the BBC One anthology television series Play of the Month based on the 1719 novel of the same name by Daniel Defoe, and starring Stanley Baker in the title role and Ram John Holder as Friday. The episode originally aired on 27 November 1974. Shooting took place on location at Tobago in the West Indies. Director James MacTaggart died of a heart attack shortly after filming and Stanley Baker died of cancer in 1976. The budget was £300,000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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