Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
Gregory Peck
Lady Barbara Wellesley
Virginia Mayo
Lt. William Bush
Robert Beatty
Lt. Crystal
Moultrie Kelsall
2nd Lt. Gerard
Terence Morgan
Midshipman Longley
James Kenney
Seaman Quist
James Robertson Justice
RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton
Denis O'Dea
Polwheal (Hornblower's Batman)
Richard Hearne
Surgeon Gundarson
Michael Dolan
Mr. Harrison (Bosun)
Stanley Baker
Hernandez
Alan Tilvern
El Supremo (Don Julian Alvarado)
Alec Mango
Spanish Captain
Christopher Lee
Capt. Entenza
John Witty
Col. Caillard - POW Escort
Michael Goodliffe
French Commandant
Eugene Deckers
Hebe (Lady Barbara's Maid)
Ingeborg von Kusserow
Mrs. McPhee (Hornblower's Housekeeper)
Amy Veness
Adm. Lord Hood
Kynaston Reeves
Adm. McCartney
Ronald Adam
Crewman (uncredited)
Chris Adcock
Capt. Elliott (uncredited)
Basil Bartlett
French Guard (uncredited)
André Belhomme
Crewman (uncredited)
David Birks
"Witch of Endor" French Mate (uncredited)
Robert Cawdron
Maria Hornblower (voice) (uncredited)
Diane Cilento
"Lydia" Seaman (uncredited)
Howard Connell
Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Alexander Davion
Crewman (uncredited)
Steve Donahue
Seaman (uncredited)
Patric Doonan
Lt. Woodford (uncredited)
Anthony Forwood
French Corvette Captain (uncredited)
Arthur Gomez
Crewman (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
Macrae (uncredited)
Richard Johnson
Officer Aboard Cassandra (uncredited)
Howard Lang
Bosun's Mate (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Seaman (uncredited)
Fred Haggerty
Seaman Garvin (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Capt. Bolton (uncredited)
Anthony Marlowe
Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Michael Mellinger
Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Julio Monterde
Hommel (uncredited)
Peter Morton
Seaman (uncredited)
Jack Stewart
Capt. Elliott (uncredited)
Derek Sydney
Seaman (uncredited)
Jack Taylor
Juan (uncredited)
John A. Tinn
Seaman (uncredited)
Russell Waters
Crewman (uncredited)
Del Watson
Capt. Sylvester (uncredited)
Jack Watson
Seaman (uncredited)
Byron Webster
Lt. Radot (uncredited)
Patrick Young