The Count of Monte Cristo / Man Friday (DVD)

Count of Monte Cristo: Alexander Dumas' classic tale of injustice, revenge and retribution, in which Edmond Dantes (Richard Chamberlain) is falsely accused of conspiring with Napoleon! Prosecuted by de Villefort (Louis Jourdan), he is sentenced to life on an isolated island fortress, called Monte Cristo. After being told of a treasure, Dantes escapes to find the treasure while assuming the identity of the rich and revered Count of Monte Cristo! Man Friday: Daniel Defoe's classic story of survival and heroism takes on a whole new perspective in this 1975 version of Robinson Crusoe. Marooned on a beautiful South Seas island with a black man whom he names Friday (Richard Roundtree), Crusoe (Peter O'Toole) declares himself 'master' and throws Friday into a cave to be his slave. Friday soon escapes and leaves Crusoe, and Crusoe soon discovers that he needs Friday's companionship.

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Roundtree, Tony Curtis, Trevor Howard, Peter Cellier, Louis Jourdan, Christopher Cabot, Joel Fluellen, Donald Pleasence, Taryn Power, Sam Sebrooke, Stanley Clay, Kate Nelligan, Angelo Infanti, Harold Bromley, Carlo Puri, Alessio Orando, Dominic Guard, Isabelle De Valvert, Ralph Michael, Anthony Dawson, Dominic T. Barto, Harry Baird, George Willing, David Mills, John Karlsen, Bill Vanders, Eddy Fay, Marco Tulli, Brian Vreeland, Troy Patterson, Gino Marturano, Lou Waldon, Franco Mazzieri, Ciro Ellias, Loris Perera, Albert Ruprecht, Renzo Marignano, Jean Mas, Andrea Fantasia, Lars Bloch, Richard Watson, George Higgins, Piero Gerlini, Michael Colton, Bondi Esterhazy, Larry Dolgin

Rating: PG