Christopher Lee, Denis O'Dea, Gregory Peck

This swashbuckling high-seas drama, set in the early 1800s, finds its hero caught up in the shifting political tensions between Spain and England and in his own growing relationship with Lady Barbara ...( read more  read more... )Wellesley.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 57 min.

Directed by: Raoul Walsh

Release Date: September 13, 1951

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DVD Release Date: March 6, 2007

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  • May 27, 2007
    not one of gregory peck's finest performances, but it wasn't a really bad one either. it was so so to watch
  • November 21, 2009
    Tells the story of a brittish officer who goes to napoleanic to deal with the war.There is a war between two boats and we have officers who try and stop it all and to try and protect people.

    For me this didn't deliver well but as I'm not a fan with war movies I would just say ...( read more)check it out if you want to but I almost fell asleep.
    I would give some credit because the acting performances were done well but this film I think is below average.
    This type of film will probably only entertain the war fan audience.Most war films I dislike but there have been about two that I have gave average.
    Overall I found this film boring but I would just say check this one out for yourselves its your call.
  • September 14, 2009
    The movie takes sea-faring as serious as in a Disney theme park. While you drown in Technicolour (which is not always a bad thing) you struggle hard to find a story except for the pregenerated loveinterest between Peck and Mayo. Gregory Peck is, as usual, flawless and brilliant i...( read more)n his portrayal of a rather wooden man with a good heart, but the rest of the movie dims before his shine and becomes blurry and uninteresting. Not one of the good sea movies, out of the hundreds that Hollywood produced.
  • November 21, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch......its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that christopher lee, denis o dea, gregory peck, james robertson justice, michael dolan, moultrie kelsall, terence...( read more) morgan, stanley baker, robert beatty play good roles/parts throughout this movie....i think that the director of this epic/adventure/drama/action movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect thorughout this movie...i think that the fight scenes were good throughout this movie...i think that this is a good adventure movie 2 watch with a good cast throughout this movie
  • February 28, 2009
    One of the greatest naval epic films of all time. Not quite true to the books...in fact it cuts an entire third of the original plotline down to a simple scene change, but, overall, it was masterfully done. There are outstanding performances by Leading Man Gregory Peck, in the ...( read more)title role, and Virginia Mayo, as the elegant socialite Lady Barabara Wellesley. After being drawn together by the horrors of battle, an almost imperceptable "flirtation" begins between Mayo's lofty Lady Barbara and Peck's lowly Captain Hornblower. The epic naval battles were brilliantly choreographed, and so much set the standard for naval battle cinematography that the ship-to-ship battle footage was still being used over 40 years later in other films about the period.
  • October 8, 2008
    This is a great movie
  • October 6, 2008
    Yeah, it's a little cheesy. But it's not at all boring, Gregory Peck seems to be having the time of his life, and as a true Hornblower fan... it was gratifying. Do watch.
  • April 3, 2008
    this can never be as good as the new ones =)
  • October 21, 2007
    This movie reminds me of the book "Moby Dick".
  • September 2, 2007
    I have watched this absolutely dozens of times and I must watch it again! Classic and outstanding.

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