Captain Horatio Hornblower

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.

Captain Horatio Hornblower
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Screenplay by
Based onHoratio Hornblower
1939 novel
by C. S. Forester
Produced byGerry Mitchell
Starring
CinematographyGuy Green
Edited byJack Harris
Music byRobert Farnon
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 10 April 1951 (1951-04-10)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,462,000
Box office$5,333,000

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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