
Donovan's Reef(1963)
After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.


“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.

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
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. is a adventure, comedy, family film released in 1966 exploring themes of navy, deserted island, chimpanzee, tiki culture, robin crusoé. Directed by Byron Paul, it stars Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff. 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.
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