G&S Discography: Dick Deadeye

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (1975)

***Cast***
Dick Deadeye	Victor Spinetti
Captain of Pinafore	Peter Reeves
Major General	John Baldry
Pirate King	Ian Samwell
Admiral	John Baldry
Sorcerer	Peter Reeves
Judge	Barry Cryer
Buttercup	Miriam Karlin
Nanki	Casey Kelly
Princess Yum Yum	Linda Lewis
Rose Maybud	Liza Strike
First Prisoner	Ian Samwell

Designed by Ronald Searle
Written by Leo Rost and Robin Miller
New Lyrics by Robin Miller
Music Arranged and Conducted by Jimmy Horowitz
Directed by Bill Melendez

Proscenium Entertainment 10011

This animated feature concerns a character called Dick Deadeye (here, a good guy) on a quest to recover the "Ultimate Secret," which has mysteriously been stolen. The story takes Deadeye on an odyssey where he encounters various G&S characters, many of whom sing familiar songs to new lyrics. Like Deadeye himself, most of the characters do not behave as they do in the corresponding opera.

The hero does indeed recover, and unveil, the Ultimate Secret, but I'll not reveal it to those who wish to be surprised. Overall, the film is amusing in places, but not anything I'm dying to see again. The animation is lush and skillfully done; the story is simply not all that clever. Excerpts from the soundtrack were released on the British G.M. label, on a single LP.

***Issue History***
Date	Label	Format	Number
1975	Proscenium Entertainment	VHS Hi-Fi	10011
1974	G.M. Records	Stereo LP	GML-1018