Captain Horatio Hornblower
1951 film by Raoul Walsh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1951 film. For the fictional character, see 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.
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Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
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Based on | Horatio Hornblower 1939 novel by C. S. Forester |
Produced by | Gerry Mitchell |
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Cinematography | Guy Green |
Edited by | Jack Harris |
Music by | Robert Farnon |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $2,462,000[1] |
Box office | $5,333,000[1] |
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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.