Been watching this with the fam. It's not as bad as I thought it would be. Of course, the acting is pretty cheesy, and the sets are, to modern eyes, gallingly fake (my son: "That's just a painting!")
Also, I couldn't remember the name of the original Captain. I was thinking: "It's some kind of fish. Troutman? Salmon?"
Hah! It's Pike! My brain was on the right track.