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Robinson Crusoe (1954)
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Release Date: | August 5, 1954 |
| Running time: | 89 minutes |
| Cast: | Dan O'Herlihy, James Fernandez, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López |
| Director: | Luis Buñuel |
| Producer: | Ãscar Dancigers, Henry F. Ehrlich |
| Writer: | Hugo Butler, Daniel Defoe |
| Distributor: | United Artists |
Description: Exiled from his Spanish homeland, director Luis Bunuel set up shop in Mexico. Here he made his only American-financed film, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. This is a reasonably reliable version of the Daniel Defoe's novel about a 17th century shipwreck victim (Dan O'Herlihy) and his Man Friday (James Fernandez). Bunuel cannot resist tossing in his occasional barbs against the smugness of Society--though not so many as to scare away customers. The director's long-standing distaste with the church is discreetly manifested in a few brief scenes wherein Crusoe's faith in God wavers. Magnificently photographed in Pathecolor, Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was released in Mexico two years before its American distribution.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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