Hornblower: The Even Chance (TV Miniseries)
1998 · Series · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Midshipman Horatio Hornblower joins the British fleet just as the French Revolution is about to change European history. But he has worries closer to home as he incurs the wrath of a shipmate named Simpson, a bully who everyone else avoids and placates. Events lead to a duel, but one of Hornblower's mates takes his place and is killed. At war with France, Hornblower and Simpson are assigned different ships, but are reunited when Simpson's ship is sunk. Events lead to another duel with different results.
Direction Andrew Grieve
Cast Ioan Gruffudd · Dorian Healy · Robert Lindsay · Robert Bathurst · Jamie Bamber · Paul Copley · Sean Gilder · Duncan Bell · Michael Byrne · Vincent Grass · Simon Sherlock · Chris Barnes · Colin MacLachlan · Roger May · Frank Boyce · Richard Lumsden
Soundtrack John E. Keane
Screenplay Russell Lewis · C.S. Forester
Cinematography Neve Cunningham
Original title Hornblower: The Even Chance
7.2
92 votes (FilmAffinity)
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