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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

- The sun never sets on his world of adventure.

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.

Release Date : 1951-04-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Captain Horatio Hornblower

Cast

Character Name : Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N

Original Name : Gregory Peck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Barbara Wellesley

Original Name : Virginia Mayo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. William Bush

Original Name : Robert Beatty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Crystal

Original Name : Moultrie Kelsall

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Lt. Gerard

Original Name : Terence Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Midshipman Longley

Original Name : James Kenney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman Quist

Original Name : James Robertson Justice

Gender : Male

Character Name : RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton

Original Name : Denis O'Dea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Polwheal (Hornblower's Batman)

Original Name : Richard Hearne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surgeon Gundarson

Original Name : Michael Dolan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Harrison (Bosun)

Original Name : Stanley Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hernandez

Original Name : Alan Tilvern

Gender : Male

Character Name : El Supremo (Don Julian Alvarado)

Original Name : Alec Mango

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spanish Captain

Original Name : Christopher Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Entenza

Original Name : John Witty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Col. Caillard - POW Escort

Original Name : Michael Goodliffe

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Commandant

Original Name : Eugene Deckers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hebe (Lady Barbara's Maid)

Original Name : Ingeborg von Kusserow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. McPhee (Hornblower's Housekeeper)

Original Name : Amy Veness

Gender : Female

Character Name : Adm. Lord Hood

Original Name : Kynaston Reeves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adm. McCartney

Original Name : Ronald Adam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crewman (uncredited)

Original Name : Chris Adcock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Elliott (uncredited)

Original Name : Basil Bartlett

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : André Belhomme

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crewman (uncredited)

Original Name : David Birks

Gender : Male

Character Name : "Witch of Endor" French Mate (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Cawdron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maria Hornblower (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Diane Cilento

Gender : Female

Character Name : "Lydia" Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Howard Connell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spanish Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Alexander Davion

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crewman (uncredited)

Original Name : Steve Donahue

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaman (uncredited)

Original Name : Patric Doonan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Woodford (uncredited)

Original Name : Anthony Forwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Corvette Captain (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Gomez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crewman (uncredited)

Original Name : Lindsay Hooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Macrae (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Johnson

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Beat To Quarters! It's fun, it's exciting, and it looks fabulous at times, it is however far from being a great movie. In the absence of Errol Flynn, Gregory Peck steps in to Hornblower's shoes and as much as he gives it his all (rumoured to have been one of his favourite performances), it's a spot of miscasting that thankfully doesn't kill the picture dead, he's just sadly a tad too straight laced to really make the role work. The same can be said for the casting of Virginia Mayo as Lady Barbara Wellesley, pretty as she is, it's an odd bit of casting that never quite comes off, yet as daft as it may sound, neither case of miscasting hurts the picture, and this comes down to the astute direction from Raoul Walsh. The pace never flags so we are never over concerned with the central actors struggles to make the characters work, backed up by Guy Green's camera work and Robert Farnon's jaunty score, the technical aspects of the piece steer the viewer on to safe waters (ahem). The sets are excellent and the recreation of the ships is first rate, with the final quarter of the movie giving us a blood pumping battle that's full of heroic bluster. It's a film that is easily recommended to adventure fans, though far from perfect and it remains a wasted opportunity in my eyes, but it's still a very enjoyable film for all the family. 6/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-01

This is effectively three short stories bolted together as Raoul Walsh creates quite an exciting and enjoyable seafaring story based around the Napoleonic Wars. Gregory Peck takes the lead role as the eponymous, rather stiff-necked, Royal Navy captain carrying out a mission to provision a rather unreliable ally with arms and munitions. When events in a Europe being terrorised by Napoleon take a series of more treacherous turns, he must now battle his way across the Atlantic and return to help protect his country from the French. Virginia Mayo provides the love interest and Robert Beatty and a feisty James Robertson Justice work well too, to help keep the ship off the rocks as the battle comes down to tactics and becomes personal! It is a good, old-fashioned and enjoyably paced, boy's own yarn based on the C. S Forester character and well worth watching.