Film

H.M.S. Pinafore

7.519811h 27mRomance Comedy TV Movie

Director: Paul Starkman
Year: 1981

Captain's daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters' true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution. Filmed live from the 1980 Stratford Festival in Ontario.

Top cast

Katherine Terrell

Josephine Corcoran

James MacLean

Ralph Rackstraw

Michael Burgess

Captain Corcoran

Patricia Kern

Little Buttercup

Eric Donkin

Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.

Avo Kittask

Dick Deadeye

Paul Massel

Bill Bobstay

Directed by

Paul Starkman

Written by

William S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan