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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

The sun never sets on his world of adventure.

1951 · NR · 1h 57m

Directed by Raoul Walsh

7.0

TMDB audience score
151 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Gregory Peck
    Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N

  • Virginia Mayo
    Lady Barbara Wellesley

  • Robert Beatty
    Lt. William Bush

  • Moultrie Kelsall
    Lt. Crystal

  • Terence Morgan
    2nd Lt. Gerard

  • James Kenney
    Midshipman Longley

  • James Robertson Justice
    Seaman Quist

  • 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
    Capt. Entenza

  • Michael Goodliffe
    Col. Caillard - POW Escort

  • Eugene Deckers
    French Commandant

  • Ingeborg von Kusserow
    Hebe (Lady Barbara's Maid)