The Crimson Permanent Assurance(1983)
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A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
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A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
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1983-03-31
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