Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966)

★ 5.7 1h 53m IMDb

Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house and begins to adjust to life. He is in for trouble however when a local girl is banished to the island by her father, who then comes after Crusoe.

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

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Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke as Lt. Robin Crusoe Age 100 · West Plains, Missouri, USA Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer, and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke is the reci...
Nancy Kwan
Nancy Kwan as Wednesday Age 86 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China] Nancy Kwan is a Hong Kong-born Eurasian-American actress, who played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian ancestry in major Hollywood film roles. Widely praised for her beauty, Kwan was...
Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff as Tanamashu Died 1972 · Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia] ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff  (Russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров; 29 October 1899 – 17 September 1972), Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) was an Armen...
Arthur Malet
Arthur Malet as Umbrella Man Died 2013 · Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England, UK Arthur Malet (24 September 1927 – 18 May 2013) was an English actor. He was known for appearing in Mary Poppins (1964), Halloween (1978), The Secret of NIMH (1982), and Hook (1991). Malet was born in...
Tyler McVey
Tyler McVey as Captain Died 2003 · Bay City, Michigan, USA Tyler McVey was born on February 14, 1912 in Bay City, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) and Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966).
Peter Renaday
Peter Renaday as Pilot Died 2024 · Louisiana, USA Peter Renaday (born Pierre Laurent Renoudet; June 9, 1935 – September 8, 2024) was an American actor who was perhaps best known for his role as Master Splinter in the 1987 version of Teenage Mutant Ni...

Audience Reviews

r96sk 5/10 Jul 26, 2020
Odd, not in a good way.

In a lot of parts, <em>'Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.'</em> does feel like a retread of 1960's <em>'Swiss Family Robinson'</em> - the plot has differences, but you could possibly make a case for it being a paint job on that aforementioned film. Too cynical? Probably.

For a comedy, there's a real lack of entertainment and humour. I don't think I laughed once. As for the cast, Dick Van Dyke is the best part of this film, though his character is rather forgettable. Nancy Kwan is decent but hardly gets to show off any of her acting abilities to be honest.

I'm not sure I entirely get the message, either. Women's rights? The ending, which kinda comes out of nowhere, goes against that. As a whole, this is too slow paced and uninteresting for me.
Finetunes Feb 24, 2022
Not a big fan of Dick Van Dyke (but I must say ya can't not like him) and less of a fan of vintage live-action Disney movies. But I was in a mood for a little 60's nostalgia and I'd never seen this movie before and even though it's not on my bucket list I thought I'd give it a go. Sadly, it was typical Disney dreck of that era. Dick Van Dyke gave it his all but the script was weak, weak, weak! The monkey and the fireworks (at the end) were the highlights of the movie. But the ending was a real shock! I won't spoil it for you but I couldn't believe that the ending could have been so unenlightening especially juxtaposed to the nod to women's rights.
P.S. I fell asleep for about 5 minutes in the 3rd act so I can't say this for sure but Robin Crusoe never took the time to ask any of the island characters where he was shipwrecked! I think that would have been the first thing asked of Nancy Kwan when he first met her.
On the plus side, the island and cinematography was beautiful and I'd like to go there and retire right now.

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