
Hornblower: The Even Chance(1998)
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.



Ioan Gruffudd
Horatio Hornblower

Robert Lindsay
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew

Paul McGann
Lieutenant Bush

Lorcan Cranitch
Wolfe

Tony Haygarth
Master Prowse

Julia Sawalha
Maria Mason

Paul Copley
Matthews

Sean Gilder
Styles

Greg Wise
Major Côtard

Ian McElhinney
Captain Hammond
Hornblower: Loyalty is a war, adventure, tv movie film released in 2003 exploring themes of ship, napoleonic wars, 19th century, british navy. Directed by Andrew Grieve, it stars Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann. Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
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