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

56% User Rating

1h 53min

"It's Shape Up or Ship Out for "Admiral Honey's" all girl navy!"

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.

Byron PaulDirector

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Dick Van Dyke

Lt. Robin Crusoe

Nancy Kwan

Wednesday

Akim Tamiroff

Tanamashu

Arthur Malet

Umbrella Man

Tyler McVey

Captain

Peter Renaday

Pilot

Peter Duryea

Co-Pilot

John Dennis

Crew Chief

Nancy Hsueh

Native Girl

Richard Deacon

Survival Manual Narrator

Bebe Louie

Native Girl

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r96sk

Rating 50%

July 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.