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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

1951 · 117 min

A grand, old-fashioned naval adventure with sweeping sea battles, a tender romance, and a stoic hero navigating duty and love.

Tagline
The sun never sets on his world of adventure.
Overview
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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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • deception
  • love
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
Places
  • sea
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
adventure, war, history
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
Written by
Ivan Goff, Aeneas MacKenzie, Ben Roberts
Starring
Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall, Terence Morgan, James Kenney, James Robertson Justice, Denis O'Dea
Music
Robert Farnon
Cinematography
Guy Green
Runtime
117 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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