MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 300 this week

Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (1998)
"Hornblower: The Even Chance" (original title)

TV Movie  -   -  Adventure | Drama | War  -  4 April 1999 (USA)
7.8
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 3,160 users  
Reviews: 26 user | 9 critic

Horatio Hornblower begins his naval career, but a deadly feud with a despicable mate is causing complications.

Director:

Writers:

(stories), (screenplay)
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 50 titles created 5 months ago
 
a list of 1042 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 252 titles created 21 Apr 2011
 
a list of 320 titles created 07 Apr 2012
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (TV 1998)

Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (TV 1998) on IMDb 7.8/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Horatio Hornblower: The Duel.
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 8 nominations. See more awards »

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

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.

Director: Andrew Grieve
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, David Warner, Robert Lindsay
Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

While Lt. Hornblower studies for his promotion exam, he is distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.

Director: Andrew Grieve
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Denis Lawson
Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

Director: Andrew Grieve
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Antony Sher
Hornblower: Mutiny (TV 2001)
Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but obviously mentally unstable captain and eventually must mutiny.

Director: Andrew Grieve
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, David Warner
Hornblower: Duty (TV 2003)
Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.

Director: Andrew Grieve
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann
Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

Hornblower is given a dangerous mission to deliver an emigre French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.

Director: Andrew Grieve
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann
Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

Lt. Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.

Director: Andrew Grieve
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Cherie Lunghi
Adventure | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.

Director: Shekhar Kapur
Stars: Wes Bentley, Mohamed Bouich, Kate Hudson
Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X  

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth
Adventure | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X  

After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

Director: David Lean
Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Sharpe's Justice (TV 1997)
Adventure | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  

Returning to Yorkshire, Sharpe finds himself on the wrong side between corrupt employers and exploited workers.

Director: Tom Clegg
Stars: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden
Peacekeepers (TV 1999)
Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

After seeing devastating results of ethnic war in former Yugoslavia soldiers from UNPROFOR peace units find it impossible to return back to their civil lives in the UK.

Director: Peter Kosminsky
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Darren Morfitt, Cal Macaninch
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
...
Capt. Keene
...
Lt. Eccleston
Duncan Bell ...
...
...
Simon Sherlock ...
Chris Barnes ...
...
Colin MacLachlan ...
Roger May ...
Lt. Chadd
...
Capt. Forget
...
Midshipman Hether
Edit

Storyline

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. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | War

Certificate:

See all certifications »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

Country:

Language:

|

Release Date:

4 April 1999 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Horatio Hornblower: The Duel  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the Hornblower novels by C.S. Forester, Hornblower was tone deaf and would have heard music as noise. He also suffered from seasickness until he got his sea legs. See more »

Goofs

When they are supposed to be stranded in a ship's boat in the Atlantic, out of sight of France, the coast is plainly visible behind the French captain of the Marie Galante when he and Hornblower stand-off with guns just before the Indefatigable is sighted. See more »

Quotes

Midshipman Jack Simpson: [to Hornblower] Apologize to you? Never this side of Hell!
See more »

Connections

Followed by Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999) See more »

Soundtracks

"Heart of Oak"
Traditional
Lyrics by David Garrick
Music by William Boyce
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

Hornblower-Simply brilliant!
1 November 1998 | by (Weston-Super-Mare, England) – See all my reviews

I am 19 years old, and since I had not read any of the Hornblower books (I expect most people would think this criminal, not to have read the stories of the most beloved naval hero in fiction!) I knew nothing about the story until the first two hour film was shown on TV (October 7th in England.-I hear that the USA will get the Hornblower series in the New Year) There are four Hornblower films, and the first 'The Even Chance' made me want to see the other three right away! The story is set in the years of the Napoleonic wars, and the first story shows Hornblowers first adventures as midshipman aboard the' Indefatigable'' having to put up with bullying by Simpson another midshipman aboard the ship who takes an instant dislike to the new recuit. The acting by Ioan Gruffudd as the young, self-concious, shy Horatio Hornblower is superb, and his dark brooding good looks are sure to make him a new heart throb. The rest of the cast are brilliant too, from Robert Lindsay as captain Pellew to Dorian Healy as the vicious Simpson. The £12 million spent on the film, has not gone to waste either. The first wooden ship to be built for 140 years, 'The Grand Turk', is used in the film for the 'Indefatigable' and is a stunning sight to see. The action sequences are brilliantly done, making you feel like you are almost on the ship itself. So brilliant action sequences, wonderful battle ships, and a stunning cast, all make Hornblower one of the best things to come on TV in years. Luckily for me (now a huge Hornblower fan) the showing of the second film-which was to be in December- has been put forward to November, because of the huge number of people calling ITV Television station, saying how much they liked it, and demanding for it to be put on early! I personally cannot wait to sail the sea with Horatio Hornblower again.


12 of 12 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Why are there title changes? TravisTheSky
Region 1 versus Region 2 DVD simon-735
i love this series! yoreen
Where is the American Version? musedmark
How could Simpson get away with his abuse for so long? mcsmarties
Two Questions: (not really spoilerish) sfnprincess81
Discuss Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (1998) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?