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User Rating:
7.9/10   1,398 votes
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Director:
Andrew Grieve
Writers:
C.S. Forester (novels)
Chris Ould (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 April 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | War more
Plot:
Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
The best in the current series! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Ioan Gruffudd ... Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay ... Capt. Sir Edward Pellew
Antony Sher ... Colonel Moncoutant
John Shrapnel ... General Charette

Samuel West ... Major Edrington
Peter Vaughan ... Admiral Lord Hood
Jean Badin ... Fauré

Jamie Bamber ... Acting Lt. Archie Kennedy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Copley ... Matthews
Jonathan Coy ... Lt. Bracegirdle

Sean Gilder ... Styles
Ian Lindsay ... Collins
Colin MacLachlan ... Master Bowles
Simon Sherlock ... Oldroyd
Estelle Skornik ... Mariette
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (USA)
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Runtime:
Brazil:100 min
Country:
UK
Language:
French | English
Colour:
Colour
Filming Locations:
Peniche, Portugal more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Early in the movie Captain Pellew and Lieutenant Hornblower board their ship's boat to return to the ship. Pellew boards the boat before Hornblower. This is contrary to naval customs of the day (and present). The senior officer always boarded a boat last (and left it first). more
Quotes:
Acting Lt. Archie Kennedy: Keep your head or you will lose it! more
Movie Connections:
Follows Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The Girl I Left Behind Me more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
The best in the current series!, 31 January 2000
Author: altea from Antwerpen, Belgium

The 4-part made for tv-series comes to an end, at the moment that is, with a terrific final episode! This episode is the best installment of all four movies! It has everything from espionage, intrigue, murder, war, horror to romance and beyond, you name it! It is a classic! Each minute of the movie is filled with great drama! This is Horathio Hornblower at its best! BTW the use of music in this episode is excellent. So now that the series comes to an end I hope that we will see Horathio Hornblower very soon again on the little screen, until then, it is back to the novels of Forester to fill in these waiting days!

Conclusion: The series is highly recommended! It is an oases compared to the desert of day to day tv-fare!

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