The Pirates of Penzance

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The Pirates of Penzance ★★ 1983 (G)

Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta is the story of a band of fun-loving pirates, their reluctant young apprentice, the “very model of a modern major general,” and his lovely daughters. An adaptation of Joseph Papp's award-winning Broadway play. 112m/C VHS, DVD . Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, George Rose; D: Wilford Leach.

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