| Captain Horatio Hornblower | |
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | Horatio Hornblower 1939 novel by C. S. Forester |
| Produced by | Gerry Mitchell |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Guy Green |
| Edited by | Jack Harris |
| Music by | Robert Farnon |
Production company | |
| 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] |
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.
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.
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (1995), 15:sup1, 1-31 p. 31. doi:10.1080/01439689508604551