8.2/10 4,580 votes

Released:
1998-10-07

Overview:
Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.

Director:
Andrew Grieve

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
War, Adventure, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Ioan Gruffudd
  as
  Midshipman Horatio Hornblower
• 
  Robert Lindsay
  as
  Captain Sir Edward Pellew
• 
  Dorian Healy
  as
  Midshipman Jack Simpson
• 
  Michael Byrne
  as
  Captain Keene
• 
  Robert Bathurst
  as
  Lieutenant Eccleston