
Hornblower: Mutiny(2001)
Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.



Ioan Gruffudd
Horatio Hornblower

David Warner
Capt. James Sawyer

Robert Lindsay
Sir Edward Pellew

Nicholas Jones
Lt. Buckland

Paul McGann
Lt. Bush

Jamie Bamber
Lt. Archie Kennedy

Philip Glenister
Gunner Hobbs

Sean Gilder
Styles

John Castle
Captain Collins

Ian McElhinney
Captain Hammond
Hornblower: Retribution is a war, adventure, tv movie film released in 2001. Directed by Andrew Grieve, it stars Ioan Gruffudd, David Warner, Robert Lindsay. Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
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