Robinson Crusoe is the only man still alive when his ship is destroyed in a terrible storm.

Washing up on a deserted island, he realizes that he is stranded, with no immediate hope of rescue.

Displaying remarkable ingenuity, Crusoe builds a crude home, raises crops, and keeps track of the passing days with a rudimentary calendar.

Loneliness is his greatest adversary until a tribe of cannibals arrives with their intended victims.

When one of the prisoners escapes, Crusoe rescues him.

The shipwrecked sailor and his newfound companion, Friday-named for the day of the week on which Crusoe first meets him-band together to vanquish the cannibals and leave the Island of Despair forever.