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Man Friday

6.7(35)

Released:March 4, 1975

Runtime:1h 55m

Status:Released

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

Peter O'Toole

Robinson Crusoe

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree

Friday

Peter Cellier

Peter Cellier

Carey

Christopher Cabot

McBain

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

Doctor

Sam Seabrook

Young Girl

Stanley Bennett Clay

Stanley Bennett Clay

Young Boy

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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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