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Captain Horatio Hornblower

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Captain Horatio Hornblower
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Produced by Gerry Mitchell
Written by C.S. Forester
Ivan Goff
Ben Roberts
Aeneas MacKenzie
Starring Gregory Peck
Virginia Mayo
Robert Beatty
Music by Robert Farnon
Cinematography Guy Green
Editing by Jack Harris
Release date(s) 1951
Running time 117 min.
Language English
Budget $3,000,000
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (released in the U.S. without the "R.N.") is a 1951 naval adventure film. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and stars Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, and Robert Beatty.

It was based upon three of the Horatio Hornblower novels of C. S. Forester, The Happy Return (Beat to Quarters in the United States), A Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours. Forester shared writing credits; the film was faithful to his novels and features an occasionally introspective tone unusual for an old-fashioned swashbuckler.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

During the Napoleonic Wars, HMS Lydia, a frigate under the command of British Royal Navy Captain Horatio Hornblower (Gregory Peck), sails from England, around the Straits of Magellan, to the Pacific coast of Central America. Hornblower's mission is to provide arms and support to the megalomaniac calling himself "El Supremo" or "The Almighty" (Alec Mango), in his rebellion against Spain, an ally of Britain's enemy France.

Upon his arrival, the Englishman is told that a larger, much more powerful Spanish warship, the Natividad, has been sighted. When it anchors nearby, Hornblower and his crew board and capture it in a surprise night-time attack. He then reluctantly hands the ship over to El Supremo to appease the madman and they go their separate ways.

Later, he encounters a small Spanish vessel with a pair of troublesome passengers. First, a Spanish official informs him (and provides proof) that Spain has switched sides. Then Lady Barbara Wellesley (Virginia Mayo) "requests" passage back to England for her and her maid. Due to a deadly epidemic raging ashore and her influential relations (she is the fictitious sister of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington), Hornblower is in no position to refuse, even though he has to find and sink the Natividad. Using masterful tactics, he accomplishes his mission.

On the voyage back to England, Lady Barbara falls ill (of what Hornblower mistakenly believes is yellow fever) and is nursed back to health by him. They spend many enjoyable nights talking and playing whist, and fall in love, but he rejects her advances as he is married, to her embarrassment.

After arriving home, he learns that his wife Maria has died. Hornblower is given command of the Sutherland, a powerful ship of the line captured from the French, and is assigned to a squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Rodney Leighton (Denis O'Dea), Lady Barbara's pompous new husband. The squadron's mission is to enforce the British blockade against Napoleonic France.

On his way to rendezvous with the squadron, Hornblower's French-built ship is mistaken for a friendly vessel by a French boat, making for its easy capture. He learns the enemy's recognition signal for the day and that four French ships of the line have slipped the blockade and are heading to Spain, carrying troops and supplies to the French armies there.

Without orders, Hornblower decides on his own initiative to attempt to find and sink the ships. He locates them anchored in a harbor guarded by a well-armed fort. By flying a French flag and the recognition signal and taking advantage of the appearance of his ship, he fools the French into believing he is one of them, enters the harbor unhindered and sinks or damages all four ships. The French fort then opens fire, and Hornblower, First Lieutenant Bush (Robert Beatty), and the rest of the crew are forced to abandon ship.

The rest of the British squadron arrives shortly afterwards to complete the job; Leighton is killed in the resulting battle. Hornblower and Bush, accompanied by seaman Quist (James Robertson Justice), are taken by carriage to Paris to be tried on the trumped-up charge of spying. They manage to escape en route and make their way to a port. Disguised as Dutch officers, they board The Witch of Endor, a captured British ship, overpower the skeleton crew, free a working party of British prisoners of war to man her, and sail away to freedom.

At his mandatory courtmartial, Hornblower is acquitted and becomes a national hero. With Maria and Lady Barbara's husband both deceased, the two lovebirds are reunited.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Background and production

The film cost $3,000,000 to make and was filmed in studios inside the United Kingdom. [1][2]

[edit] Cast

  • Gregory Peck as Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N.
  • Virginia Mayo as Lady Barbara Wellesley
  • Robert Beatty as Lt. William Bush
  • Moultrie Kelsall as Lt. Crystal, an officer on the Lydia
  • Terence Morgan as 2nd Lt. Gerard, an officer on the Lydia
  • James Kenney as Midshipman Longley,
  • James Robertson Justice as Seaman Quist, who helps Hornblower and Bush escape
  • Denis O'Dea as Rear Admiral Sir Rodney Leighton
  • Richard Hearne as Polwheal, Hornblower's steward
  • Michael Dolan as Surgeon Gundarson
  • Stanley Baker as Mr. Harrison, Hornblower's bosun
  • Alec Mango as El Supremo (Don Julian Alvarado)
  • Christopher Lee as the Spanish captain of the Natividad
  • Ingeborg von Kusserow as Hebe, Lady Barbara's maid
  • Amy Veness as Mrs. McPhee, Hornblower's housekeeper
  • Diane Cilento as the voice of Hornblower's wife Maria, reciting a letter written to him on her deathbed

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Budget. Retrieved on 2006-07-03.
  2. ^ Locations. Retrieved on 2006-07-03.

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