There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.

The film which starred Chapman as the eponymous pirate also featured appearances from Peter Cook Marty Feldman Cleese Idle Spike Milligan and Cheech & Chong. Chapman met Tomiczek when the teenager was a runaway from Liverpool. In 1988 he appeared in the Iron Maiden video Can I Play with Madness.