Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! I wish I could listen to all of them, but I find the musical segues unbearable. They are to frequent and shrilling. Reviewer: packy - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 7, Subject: catch the newer BBC episodes the newer episodes 1,2,7 and 8 are fantastic.
Reviewer: LeroyC - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 7, Subject: Incorrect episodes This is a good series and I enjoyed it even with some of the poor audio.
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How did you buy your ticket? View All Photos Movie Info. Horatio Hornblower Gregory Peck helms the HMS Lydia for a treacherous transatlantic mission near the dawn of the 19th century, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels. Though the couple fall in love during their return to England, she is betrothed to Hornblower's rival, Rear Adm.
Leighton Denis O'Dea. Raoul Walsh. Mar 6, Gregory Peck Capt. Horatio Hornblower R. Virginia Mayo Lady Barbara Wellesley. However, a suspicious Leighton expressly forbids Hornblower from taking any independent action without his permission. Hornblower's French-built ship is subsequently mistaken for a friendly vessel by a French ship, making for its easy capture.
Hornblower learns the enemy's recognition signal for the day, as well as vital intelligence that four French ships of the line carrying troops and supplies have slipped the blockade and are heading to Spain.
Faced with the urgency of the situation, Hornblower decides on his own initiative to attempt to find and sink the ships. He locates them anchored in a harbour guarded by a well-armed fort. By flying a French flag and the recognition signal, as well as taking advantage of the appearance of his ship's French design, Hornblower fools the garrison into believing that the Sutherland is friendly, enters the harbour unhindered, and proceeds to sink or damage all four enemy ships.
The French fort then opens fire, and Hornblower and the rest of the surviving crew have to abandon ship, but not before deliberately sinking the Sutherland in the harbour channel to bottle up the French ships. The rest of the British squadron arrives shortly afterwards to complete the job; Leighton is killed in the ensuing battle. Hornblower and Bush, accompanied by seaman Quist , are taken by carriage to Paris to be tried on the Farted-up charge of espionage and executed.
However, 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 court-martial , Hornblower is acquitted and is hailed as a national hero. With their spouses both deceased, the two lovebirds are free to pursue their romance.
However, the ship was rocked instead of moving the horizon background, which caused many problems because of the combined weight of ship, crew and equipment. The Italian brigantine Marcel B. Surdo represented the The Witch of Endor for all at-sea exterior footage. Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo recreated their roles on a one-hour Lux Radio Theater program broadcast on January 21, , which is included as an audio-only feature in the film's DVD release.
Gerard as T. Denis O'Dea RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton as RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton. Stanley Baker Mr. Harrison Bosun as Mr. Harrison Bosun. Alan Tilvern Hernandez as Hernandez. John Witty Capt. Entenza as Capt. Michael Goodliffe Col. Caillard - POW Escort. Raoul Walsh.
More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. The men, even his officers, don't know exactly where he is leading them. England is at war with Napoleon and everyone wonders why they have been sent so far from the action. The hope is that Alvarado's forces will require the French to divert some of their military resources to North American defense in the aid of their Spanish allies.
He arrives to learn that a Spanish Galleon is en route and he no sooner captures it and hands it over to Alvarado that he learns the Spanish are now England's allies and he must take it from Alvarado. He also gets a very comely passenger in the form of Lady Barbara Wellesley, sister of the Duke of Wellington. The voyage is uneventful but Horatio and Barbara develop a deep affection for one another, despite that he is married and she is engaged.
There are more battles ahead however for Hornblower and he finds himself under the command of Admiral Leighton, Barbara's new husband.
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