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Captain Horatio Hornblower(Movie, 1951)

Original title: "Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N." (English/EN)
NR
| 1h 57min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Captain Horatio HornblowerRating: 3.5/5 (with 4646 votes)
Captain Horatio Hornblower (known as Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. in the UK, "R.N." standing for "Royal Navy") is a 1951 British naval swashbuckling war film in Technicolor from Warner Bros., produced by Gerry Mitchell, directed by Raoul Walsh, that stars Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty and Terence Morgan. The film is based on three of C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels: The Happy Return (1937), A Ship of the Line (1938), and Flying Colours (1938). Forester is credited with the screen adaptation. ()
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Duration: 1h 57min
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About Captain Horatio Hornblower

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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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: England
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/21/1951 (World premiere: 04/10/1951)
Appearing Characters: Horatio Hornblower
Director: Raoul Walsh
Producer: Raoul Walsh
Screenwriter: C. S. Forester, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Æneas MacKenzie
Film Editor: Jack Harris
Director of Photography: Guy Green
Composer: Robert Farnon
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Falcão dos Mares"
"七海蛟龙"
"怒海英雄"
"Des Königs Admiral"
"El Hidalgo de los Mares"
"Πλοίαρχος Οράτιος Χόρνμπλοουερ"
Budget: 2,462,000 USD
Revenue: 5,333,000 USD (= 217%)

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