Robinson Crusoe
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1954 | 90m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Luis Buñuel |
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| Writer: | Luis Buñuel, Daniel Defoe, Hugo Butler, Luis Alcoriza |
| Staring: |
| An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 05, 1954 |
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| Director: | Luis Buñuel |
| Writer: | Luis Buñuel, Daniel Defoe, Hugo Butler, Luis Alcoriza |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama |
| Keywords | cat, mutiny, island, shipwreck, loneliness, cannibal, shore, deserted island, tropical island |
| Production Companies | Producciones Tepeyac, Oscar Dancigers Production |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $350,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dan O'Herlihy | Robinson Crusoe |
| Jaime Fernández | Friday |
| Felipe de Alba | Captain Oberzo |
| Chel López | Bosun |
| José Chávez | Pirate |
| Emilio Garibay | Leader of the Mutiny |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Luis Buñuel | Director, Screenplay |
| Daniel Defoe | Novel |
| Hugo Butler | Screenplay |
| Anthony Collins | Original Music Composer |
| Carlos Savage | Editor |
| Alberto Valenzuela | Editor |
| Edward Fitzgerald | Art Direction |
| Pablo Galván | Set Decoration |
| Armando Meyer | Makeup Artist |
| Federico Amérigo | Production Manager |
| Jorge Cardeña | Production Manager |
| Antonio de Salazar | Production Manager |
| Ignacio Villareal | Assistant Director |
| Italo Tomassi | Construction Coordinator |
| Teódulo Bustos | Sound Editor |
| Jesús González Gancy | Sound Recordist |
| Javier Mateos | Sound Recordist |
| Galdino R. Samperio | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Alex Phillips | Director of Photography |
| Luis Alcoriza | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Óscar Dancigers | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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Dan O'Herlihy is great with his portrayal of the man shipwrecked onto a tropical desert island where he must adapt to survive. Luckily, there are a few essentials he is able to salvage from his ship. A combination of guile and determination helps him establish and thrive - after a fairly rudimental ... fashion - for many years before he rescues a native man from a nearby island that was destined for the cannibal's pot - "Friday" (Jaime Fernández). For the most part, there is precious little dialogue - we follow "Crusoe" as he acclimatises to his life on his own, treading a fine line between madness and a stoic realisation that he is still better off alive. His nervous relationship with his eventual companion is also quite well, and enjoyably, played out and the ending - well it's true to the book, and the fact that we actually have a book tells us... This is an enjoyable adaptation of the Daniel Defoe story, it's colourfully filmed (in Mexico) and is well worth a watch.