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Man Friday

Mar 4, 1975 · 1h 55m
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Adventure
Comedy

PLOT

Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.

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CAST

Peter O'Toole
Robinson Crusoe
Richard Roundtree
Friday
Peter Cellier
Carey
Christopher Cabot
McBain
Joel Fluellen
Doctor
Sam Seabrook
Young Girl
Stanley Bennett Clay
Young Boy
Directed by Jack Gold

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Keep Films, ABC Entertainment, ITC Entertainment, AVCO Embassy Pictures, ABC
Country
US, GB

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