: The film holds an 80% Tomatometer score from critics and an 83% Audience Score .

: Despite being a box-office disappointment upon release due to a simultaneous pay-TV launch, it has since become a cult favorite for fans of musical theater. AI responses may include mistakes. Learn more

Directed by Wilford Leach , the film features the original stars from the successful 1980 Broadway revival: as the Pirate King Rex Smith as Frederic Linda Ronstadt as Mabel Stanley