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.

Cast

Peter O'Toole Robinson Crusoe Richard Roundtree Friday Peter Cellier Carey

Christopher Cabot McBain

Joel Fluellen Doctor

Sam Seabrook Young Girl

Stanley Bennett Clay Young Boy

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