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.
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Gregory Peck
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
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Robert Beatty
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Moultrie Kelsall
Lt. Crystal
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Terence Morgan
2nd Lt. Gerard
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Richard Hearne
Polwheal (Hornblower's Batman)
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Michael Dolan
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Stanley Baker
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Alan Tilvern
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Raoul Walsh Director · Aeneas MacKenzie Screenplay Ivan Goff Screenplay
Budget $2.5M · United States release May 21, 1951 · Produced in United Kingdom
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$2,462,000
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures UK
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Spanish
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 10, 1951
Theatrical
United States · May 21, 1951
Theatrical
Austria
April 1, 1952 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1952 · Theatrical
Germany
November 16, 1951 · Theatrical
Greece
April 12, 1952 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 23, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
April 12, 1952 · Theatrical
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