Man Friday
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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Peter O'Toole
Robinson Crusoe
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Ratatouille
Richard Roundtree
Friday
Known for
Se7en
Shaft
Peter Cellier
Carey
Known for
The Remains of the Day
And the Ship Sails On
Christopher Cabot
McBain
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The Breaking of Bumbo
Joel Fluellen
Doctor
Known for
A Raisin in the Sun
Imitation of Life
Sam Seabrook
Young Girl
No other roles listed
Stanley Bennett Clay
Young Boy
Known for
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
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Jack Gold Director · Adrian Mitchell Screenplay Daniel Defoe Author
United States release March 4, 1975 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production ABC Entertainment, ITC Entertainment
Production
Keep Films
Production
ABC Entertainment
Production
ITC Entertainment
Production
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production
ABC
Production
Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 4, 1975
Theatrical
United States · March 4, 1975
Theatrical
France
April 30, 1975 · Theatrical
Germany
November 10, 1975 · Theatrical
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