---
title: 'The Pirates of Penzance (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wilford Leach'
released: '1983-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pirates-of-penzance-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086112/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Pirates of Penzance (1983)

1983 · 112 min · Adventure, Music, Romance · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Pirates of Penzance is a 1983 musical romantic comedy swashbuckler film written and directed by Wilford Leach based on Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera of the same name. The story takes place in the 1870s and centers around the pirate apprentice, Frederic, who leaves a Penzance-based pirate band of tenderhearted orphans and soon falls in love with Mabel, the daughter of an incompetent Major-General. But it turns out that Frederic was born on Leap day and is still apprenticed to the pirate band until he reaches his 21st birthday in 1940. His alliances shift back and forth between the pirates and "respectable society" until the pirates' maid-of-all-work, Ruth, reveals a fact that saves the day.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wilford Leach](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilford-leach)
- **Screenplay:** [Wilford Leach](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilford-leach), [W. S. Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-s-gilbert)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-sullivan)
- **Producer:** [Joseph Papp](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-papp)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [Anne V. Coates](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-v-coates)

## Cast

- [Rex Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-smith)
- [Tony Azito](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-azito)
- [Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bentinck-12th-earl-of-portland)
- [Linda Ronstadt](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-ronstadt)
- [Kevin Kline](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-kline)
- [George Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-rose)
- [Angela Lansbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-lansbury)

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