Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)

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.

Adventure War History battle napoleonic wars sea battle

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Earnest, resolved, classical in form and grave.

earnestironic
resolvedopen-ended
classical in formformally daring
gravecomic
unpretentiousprestige

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Cast

Gregory PeckCapt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
Virginia MayoLady Barbara Wellesley
Robert BeattyLt. William Bush
Moultrie KelsallLt. Crystal
Terence Morgan2nd Lt. Gerard
James KenneyMidshipman Longley
James Robertson JusticeSeaman Quist
Denis O'DeaRAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton
Richard HearnePolwheal (Hornblower's Batman)
Michael DolanSurgeon Gundarson

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Raoul WalshDirector
Aeneas MacKenzieScreenplay
Ivan GoffScreenplay
Ben RobertsScreenplay
C. S. ForesterNovel
Guy GreenDirector of Photography
Robert FarnonOriginal Music Composer
Jack HarrisEditor
Raoul WalshProducer
Gerry MitchellProducer

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