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Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

  • 19661966
  • GG
  • 1h 50m
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5.8/10
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Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
A Navy pilot is marooned on an island with a headhunter's  daughter and outcast tribal women.
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A Navy pilot is marooned on an island with a headhunter's daughter and outcast tribal women.A Navy pilot is marooned on an island with a headhunter's daughter and outcast tribal women.A Navy pilot is marooned on an island with a headhunter's daughter and outcast tribal women.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Byron Paul
  • Writers
    • Walt Disney(story)
    • Don DaGradi(screenplay)
    • Bill Walsh(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Nancy Kwan
    • Akim Tamiroff
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  • Director
    • Byron Paul
  • Writers
    • Walt Disney(story)
    • Don DaGradi(screenplay)
    • Bill Walsh(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Nancy Kwan
    • Akim Tamiroff
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Dick Van Dyke and Nancy Kwan in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
    Dick Van Dyke and Nancy Kwan in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
    Nancy Kwan in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
    Nancy Kwan in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
    Nancy Kwan in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
    Dick Van Dyke in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
    Nancy Kwan in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
    Walt Disney, Dick Van Dyke, and Nancy Kwan in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
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    Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, and Akim Tamiroff in Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)

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    Dick Van Dyke
    Dick Van Dyke
    • Lt. Robin Crusoeas Lt. Robin Crusoe
    Nancy Kwan
    Nancy Kwan
    • Wednesdayas Wednesday
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Tanamashuas Tanamashu
    Arthur Malet
    Arthur Malet
    • Umbrella Manas Umbrella Man
    Tyler McVey
    • Captainas Captain
    Peter Renaday
    • Pilotas Pilot
    • (as P.L. Renoudet)
    Peter Duryea
    Peter Duryea
    • Co-Pilotas Co-Pilot
    Johnny Dennis
    Johnny Dennis
    • Crew Chiefas Crew Chief
    Nancy Hsueh
    Nancy Hsueh
    • Native Girlas Native Girl
    Victoria Young
    • Native Girlas Native Girl
    Yvonne Ribuca
    • Native Girlas Native Girl
    Bebe Louie
    Bebe Louie
    • Native Girlas Native Girl
    Lucia Valero
    • Native Girlas Native Girl
    Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    • Survival Manual Narratoras Survival Manual Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    Ron Veto
    • Nativeas Native
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Byron Paul
    • Writers
      • Walt Disney(story)
      • Don DaGradi(screenplay)
      • Bill Walsh(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The production was granted permission to shoot on the USN aircraft carrier the USS Kitty Hawk. As such, because of this, studio head Walt Disney scheduled the film's world premiere on the ship with its crew being the only invited guests.
    • Goofs
      Through the entire movie, Rob had the whistle around his neck, but he lost everything in the raft except his toothbrush. However, there are various pieces that continue to float around him, and it's not until after he has ransacked the sub that the whistle actually makes its first appearance, making it more likely he got the whistle from the sub.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Robin Crusoe: [First lines] Dearest, sweet, thoughtful, understanding Jane, I know you won't believe this, sweetheart, but here goes anyway. You may recall, you and I were to be married a year ago last June. As I didn't turn up for the wedding, and so much time has gone by, I can imagine you have been wondering, ha ha, what happened.

    • Connections
      Featured in L'ami public numéro un: Pinocchio (1975)

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    4/10
    Painfully unfunny. A good setup and execution that falls flat on its slapstick face
    Great locations, some probably decent for its time special effects, a Chimpanzee who tolerates the proceedings but doesn't want to be there, and Van Dyke who if you based his career on this film appears to have no comedic skills at all. It can't just be the bad dialog in the script. A lot of the set up is him by himself and he really can't carry it, but then he doesn't appear to be given any help by direction or editing. Many of the set ups dddrrrraaaaaggggg on way past their welcome.

    There were some good set-ups though and you could rightfully expect some pay off from them. The life raft, a beautiful beach location where he builds his camp, the Japanese sub, and the island itself, but, nothing works. The Japanese sub is a prime example where they waste valuable time and energy on Dick just touching stuff that adds nothing to anything. It's not funny or interesting. It's a waste of film, and set, and our time.

    Dick's character is charmless, and unlikable, and that's really just not funny at all. They've taken the Jerry Lewis model and adapted it and it didn't really work with him and it really really doesn't work for Dick. I don't want to spend time with unlikable characters, no one does.

    The scene where he's swamped with beautiful island girls was a winning set up but rendered flat and dull in how Van Dyke play it out. The girls all deliver verve energy and spirit, and the set up is funny, fun and interesting, and Dick, well, he does nothing with it.

    Nancy Kwan does have life to her but the aimlessness of the plot takes her nowhere and says nothing, it's so muddled in what it's trying to say, nothing lands emotionally, if it was actually trying to say anything at all. She's interesting but what they make her do goes nowhere and Dick certainly doesn't generate any heat from it.

    It ends as a waste of time and effort for the film and for the watcher. Van Dyke proclaims he's not good enough for Wednesday, and it's left there, turns out the whole effort wasn't good enough for our time either as this film stands as a testament to the misfires of Hollywood, and not to classic cinema. What a shame too. So many good elements were here too. Location, set up, beauty, all equals nothing, which is what Dicks character seems to rate himself as too. A big nothing.
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    • Release date
      • July 29, 1966 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Robin Crusoe, der Amazonenhäuptling
    • Filming locations
      • San Diego, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,565,634
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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