Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
- Directed by
- Raoul Walsh
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 145 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British naval captain commands a frigate during the Napoleonic wars. He leads daring sea battles and deals with personal challenges back on shore.
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What happens
Captain Horatio Hornblower is a 1951 British naval swashbuckling war film in Technicolor from Warner Bros. Pictures, 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 (also known as Beat to Quarters) (1937), A Ship of the Line (1938), and Flying Colours (1938). Forester is credited with the screen adaptation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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