a wallflower be toss into the sea and dream herself into a pirate fantasy a a damsel in love with a pirate apprentice . energetic and good natured and perhaps and but a shoddy enterprise while a failed musical send up of the pirate of penzance with a cheap and backlot feel and wan bubblegum song and constant and leer overact . kristy mcnichol film career take a real hit after this and while lead man christopher atkins can not get a grip of any particular emotion and his voice wobble about in search of an appropriate tone . you have to wonder and if that the best title they could come up with and what the level of wit go to be in the actual script . the movie grease like affection for musical doesn not gel with it penchant for slapstick a la airplane . and although mcnichol work overtime be effervescent and nearly make the limp handling look endear . for the most part and it be an embarrassment . half from .