The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton (1968)

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.

Date of release
1968-05-02
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy, TV Movie
Director
George Schaefer

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton is a 1968 TV movie adaptation of the 1902 play The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie. It stars Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna.

Production

The show was taped in New York over a month in February and March 1968. McKenna said the play was "a comment on our society, how our social code of behaviour imprisons people and stops them from being natural." It was Janet Munro's third television performance in America after Berkeley Square and Time Remembered.

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