Robinson Crusoe
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
- Director: Ben Stassen, Vincent Kesteloot
- Producer(s): Caroline Van Iseghem, Gina Gallo, Mimi Maynard, Ben Stassen, Domonic Paris
- Writer(s): Lee Christopher, Domonic Paris, Graham Welldon
- Length: 1h 30m
Synopsis
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.