Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
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"It took Hollywood a while to bring to the screen C. S. Forester's fascinating character Horatio Hornblower but never known to do things by halves it amalgamated in this film not one but three of Hornblower's early adventures, namely 'The Happy Return', 'Ship of the Line' and the short story 'Flying Colours'. By all accounts it was originally intended as a vehicle for Errol Flynn but alas Mr. Flynn's star was beginning to wane and his unreliable behaviour made him too risky a proposition. As there was no actor on Warner Brothers' payroll who se..."
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Gregory Peck said that director Raoul Walsh was not interested in dialogue scenes. During these sequences, he sat down and read the newspaper.
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During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.