Horatio Hornblower: The Duel

Original title: Hornblower: The Even Chance

TV Movie
1998
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

6.2K

YOUR RATING

Ioan Gruffudd in Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (1998)

Period Drama Adventure Drama War

Horatio Hornblower begins his naval career, but a deadly feud with a despicable mate is causing complications.Horatio Hornblower begins his naval career, but a deadly feud with a despicable mate is causing complications.Horatio Hornblower begins his naval career, but a deadly feud with a despicable mate is causing complications.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

6.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 16 nominations total

Trivia
One of the ships used for the film was "The Grand Turk" which is a working replica of a 1790s man-o-war that makes yearly trips throughout Europe and winters in the city of Whitby, England. It was specially built for 'Hornblower', and painted black and buff on one side, and black and red on the other, so that it could double as a British or French ship, depending on the angle it was filmed from.

Goofs
Whenever a cannon is fired, there is hardly any recoil whereas a real gun would fly back at least six feet immediately. This is a result of using enough powder to have a muzzle flash, but not produce any recoil. This was corrected in later movies in the series by having the guns move back the proper distance when fired.

Quotes
Master Bowles: Exceptionally fine shot sir. If I may say so sir.
Captain Sir Edward Pellew: You may Mister Bowles. You may.

Connections
Featured in The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999)

Soundtracks
Heart of Oak
Traditional
Music by William Boyce
Lyrics by David Garrick

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Review

Featured review

10/10

One of the all time great seafaring adventures!

I Have just finished watching the entire series of Hornblower and must say that few seafaring adventures can beat it.It ranks up there with the original Mutiny on the Bounty,The Sea Hawk and Master And Commander as one of the greatest of its kind. Ioan Gruffudd is perfectly cast as young Hornblower,a seasick midshipman who tranforms gradually into a courageous leader of men. Robert Lindsay offers great support as Capt.Edward Pellew,one of the most important characters in the story who guides Hornblower along his journeys.Jamie Bamber,Paul Copley and Sean Gilder are all excellent as Hornblower's loyal shipmates. Ireally can't pick any one episode as they are all magnificent.I also liked Paul McGann who portrays Lt.Bush. All in all i just hope that in the future their will be more parts to this truly brilliant adventure series!!! EASILY 10 OUT OF 10 !