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Overview

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Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Ivan Goff (screenplay) &
Ben Roberts (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

10 April 1951 (UK) more

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | War more

Tagline:

Wherever adventure beckons, you'll find Captain Horatio Hornblower! more

Plot:

During the Napoleonic wars, a British naval captain has adventures in Central American waters. full summary | add synopsis

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Actress Virginia Mayo Dies at 84
 (From WENN. 18 January 2005)

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A true classic,even in Spain more (45 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gregory Peck ... Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N

Virginia Mayo ... Lady Barbara Wellesley
Robert Beatty ... Lt. William Bush
Moultrie Kelsall ... Lt. Crystal (as M. Kelsall)
Terence Morgan ... 2nd Lt. Gerard (as T. Morgan)
James Kenney ... Midshipman Longley
James Robertson Justice ... Seaman Quist (as James R. Justice)
Denis O'Dea ... RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton
Richard Hearne ... Polwheal (Hornblower's batman)
Michael Dolan ... Surgeon Gundarson
Stanley Baker ... Mr. Harrison (bosun)
Alan Tilvern ... Hernandez
Alec Mango ... El Supremo (Don Julian Alvarado)

Christopher Lee ... Spanish captain
John Witty ... Entenza
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Captain Horatio Hornblower (USA)
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Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Filming Locations:

Alpes-Maritimes, France more


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Russell Hunter screen tested for this project. more

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Anachronisms: Hornblower asks whether Lady Barbara is related to the Duke of Wellington. This is in 1807. Sir Arthur Wellesley was elevated to the Peerage after the Battle of Talavera and to a Dukedom in 1814 after the Army invaded France. In 1807 he was still Sir Arthur. The post of Duke of Wellington did not exist. more

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Narrator: In the year Eighteen Hundred and Seven, a small ship of the Royal Navy set sail from England for a secret destination. With five million French and Spanish soldiers poised on the Continent under Napolean, nothing could save England from invasion except her 300 ships. HMS Lydia was soon far beyond battle-charged Europe. Under the most secret of sealed orders, she sailed for southern waters, fought her way around the Horn...
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Referenced in Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V) more


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A true classic,even in Spain, 9 September 2000
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Author: manandi-2 from Salinas, Spain

This film is not frequently shown in Spanish television,but even with a clumsy Spanish dubbing-in which our heroic Hornblower changes his voice two times!one can see why it must be considered a classic of entertainment-Gregory Peck in his best years,ships, troubled romance,heroic sacrifice, the very Forester behind, and even a baby!And for me,its an extra pleasure checking a very young Christopher Lee trying to speak Spanish. This film is the perfect introduction for the still better, if possible, series starring Ioan Gruffudd which came so many years later.

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