Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (1975)
December 17, 1975Release Date
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (1975)
December 17, 1975Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Victor Spinetti
Dick Deadeye (voice) / Writer
Peter Reeves
Sorceror / Captain of the Pinafore (voice)
George A. Cooper
The Pirate King (voice)
Miriam Karlin
Little Buttercup / Utopian Maiden (voice)
John Newton
Nanki Poo (voice)
Julia McKenzie
Rose Maybud (voice)
Francis Ghent
Monarch of the Sea / Major General (voice)
Barry Cryer
Judge (voice)
Beth Porter
Yum-Yum / Princess Zara / Queen Victoria (voice)
Linda Lewis
Yum-Yum (singing voice)
Long John Baldry
Monarch of the Sea / Major General (singing voice)
Liza Strike
Rose Maybud (singing voice)
Ian Samwell
The Pirate King / The Prisoner (singing voice)
Casey Kelly
Nanki Poo (singing voice)
Leo Rost
Executive Producer / Writer
Babette Monteil
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done is a 1975 British animated musical comedy film directed by Bill Melendez and designed by Ronald Searle, based on the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.The comically convoluted plot, by Robin Miller and Leo Rost, with additional material by Gene Thompson and Victor Spinetti, is a pastiche of many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, particularly Trial by Jury, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe and The Mikado, in which the protagonist, Able Seaman Dick Deadeye (voiced by Spinetti), is sent by Queen Victoria on a quest to recover the "Ultimate Secret" from the Sorcerer, who has stolen it. The music is borrowed from many Savoy operas, with new or modified lyrics by Robin Miller and orchestrations updated in a contemporary popular style by conductor Jimmy Horowytz.