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Castaway (1986)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Overview
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
Rated R | Length 117 minutes
Actors
Oliver Reed | Amanda Donohoe | Georgina Hale | Frances Barber | Tony Rickards | Todd Rippon | John Sessions | Virginia Hey | Sorel Johnson | Len Peihopa | Paul Reynolds | Sean Hamilton | Sarah Harper | Stephen Jenn | Joseph Blatchley | Simon Dormandy | Ruth Hudson | Gordon Honeycombe | Arthur Cox