The Pirates of Penzance

As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems.

Cast

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

as The Pirate King

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

as Ruth

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt

as Mabel

George Rose

George Rose

as Maj. Gen. Stanley

Rex Smith

Rex Smith

as Frederic

Tony Azito

Tony Azito

as Sergeant

David Hatton

David Hatton

as Samuel

Tim Bentinck

Tim Bentinck

as Pirate

Mike Grady

Mike Grady

as Pirate

Andrew Paul

Andrew Paul

as Pirate

Reviews

CinemaSerf

We start off as a band of pirates approach the town, and the citizens all rush to seek shelter in buildings that are clearly made of canvas and greasepaint... I found that to be quite an useful introduction to this film version of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1870s operetta; it made it clear that this was...

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