Commander Horatio Hornblower
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Dec 2, 2003 · Hornblower: Loyalty: Directed by Andrew Grieve. With Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann, Greg Wise. 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.
Loyalty is the seventh film of the British TV film series Hornblower, based on the books by C. S. Forester, particularly Hornblower and the Hotspur. It was released on 5 January 2003, nearly four years after the first four films and nine months after the next two films.
Hornblower is a series of British historical fiction war television films based on three of C. S. Forester's ten novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Horatio Hornblower: Loyalty. Pellew (Robert Lindsay) sends Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd) on a mission to France, where the young commander discovers Napoleon's invasion force.
- History, Drama
In 2003's brilliant "Loyalty", the Irish play a key part in the adventures of the newly promoted Captain Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd). The story, well written and with a superb cast, is a return to form for a series which had dipped slightly in recent episodes.
Dec 2, 2003 · As Loyalty opens, there’s an uneasy peace between France and England, and Horatio, on half pay with no war to fight, is making a poor living hocking his sword and playing whist — yes, our decent, honorable, gentlemanly Horatio is a professional gambler.
Dec 2, 2003 · Novel. Niall Leonard. Screenplay. Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
