Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951 123movies

Watch: Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1951 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1807, Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship the HMS Lydia on a perilous voyage around Cape Horn and into the Pacific. The men, even his officers, don’t know exactly where he is leading them. England is at war with Napoleon and everyone wonders why they have been sent so far from the action. They eventually arrive on the Pacific coast of Central America where the HMS Lydia has been sent to arm Don Julian Alvarado, who is planning an attack against France’s Spanish allies on the North American continent. The hope is that Alvarado’s forces will require the French to divert some of their military resources to North American defense in the aid of their Spanish allies. He arrives to learn that a Spanish Galleon is en route and he no sooner captures it and hands it over to Alvarado that he learns the Spanish are now England’s allies and he must take it from Alvarado. He also gets a very comely passenger in the form of Lady Barbara Wellesley, sister of the Duke of Wellington. The voyage is uneventful but Horatio and Barbara develop a deep affection for one another, despite that he is married and she is engaged. There are more battles ahead however for Hornblower and he finds himself under the command of Admiral Leighton, Barbara’s new husband..
Plot: Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
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Reviews:

A Good Sea Yarn, Two Of Them In Fact
I don’t think the good citizens of the United Kingdom with their proud tradition of sea power could complain too much about the American leads in a film about one of their popular fictional heroes. You can’t get too much more heroic than Gregory Peck on screen and he certainly does fit C.S. Forrester’s conception of Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.

In fact even recently with Russell Crowe’s Master and Commander kind of reinvigorating this genre of literature, I still kind of like what Gregory Peck did with the role. The age of Napoleon where Great Britain stood for a time very much alone against his domination of Europe was another their finest hours.

The film is taken from two of the Hornblower novels and sad to say the film’s weakness is that the first part of it is much the superior of the second. Personally I think they should have padded out the first part and dealt with it alone.

Recurring characters from the Hornblower novels appear here such as the Duke of Wellington’s fictional sister Lady Barbara Wellesley played by Virginia Mayo and members of Hornblowers crew played by Robert Beatty, James Robertson Justice, and Terence Morgan among others. There’s also a very touching performance by young James Kenney as the midshipman on board the HMS Lydia.

The first part of the film deals with Hornblower sailing the Lydia to the western coast of Central America in secret to reach a potential rebel ally against Spain which has joined with France. Hornblower makes contact with Don Julian Alvarado, the self-styled El Supremo. Hornblower captures a Spanish ship of the line and gives it to his new ally.

Then he learns that Spain has switched sides in the Napoleonic War while he’s been at sea and now this heavily armed vessel is in the hands of a real psycho. Now he has to undo what he did.

If you don’t see Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N. for any other reason, than see it for Alec Mango’s over the top performance as the psychotic El Supremo. It’s a piece of scenery chewing for the ages and it fits with the character. You take your allies in war where you find them and Spain was not the first or the last country that ever switched sides during a conflict.

The second half concerns Peck and the crew in action off the Bay of Biscay and the vessel Lydia runs aground. Peck and the crew are taken prisoner and the rest of the film concerns with their escape.

These are in fact two different Hornblower stories and the first is much the superior of the second.

Of course another viewer might feel differently and the film is recommended for all of you who like a good sea yarn.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 57 min (117 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Director Raoul Walsh
Writer Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Æneas MacKenzie
Actors Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty
Country United Kingdom, United States, France
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor (color by)
Film Length 3,201.95 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm