Ruddigore

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Ruddigore ★★ 1982

The Lords of Ruddigore have been bound for centuries by a terribly inconvenient curse; they must commit a crime every day or die a horribly painful death. When the Lord of Ruddigore passes his mantle on to the new heir, the young heir loses both his good reputation and his very proper fiancee. A new version of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera. 112m/ C VHS, DVD . GB Vincent Price, Keith Michell, Paul Hudson, John Trevelyan, Sandra Dugdale; D: Barrie Gavin. TV