The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton

NR 1968 · 89 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy, TV Movie

A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs aground on a South Pacific island. The usual hierarchy in an upper-class British family breaks down quickly when it becomes apparent that only the servant, Crichton, is capable of surviving on his own and he becomes the community's leader.

Directed by George Schaefer

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