Captain Horatio Hornblower

"Our mission here is over, gentlemen. I would like to thank you all for the way you have ...carried out your duties. Mr Gerard! I told you to clear the decks for action in ten minutes! [Gerard looks at Hornblower apprehensively] You did it in eight."

"Three months ago, the Spanish viceroy sent a diplomat who warned me to curb my political ambitions. In answer, I sent part of him back to Panama - his head, to be precise."

"A burning town is a magnificent sight!"

"[On his way to Paris with Hornblower to be executed as a spy] Well, I expected to lose my leg, sir... but not all the way up to the neck."

"Wherever adventure beckons, you'll find Captain Horatio Hornblower!"

"The sun never sets on his world of adventure."

"Gregory Peck as Capt. Horatio Hornblower, R.N."

"Virginia Mayo as Lady Barbara Wellesley (Duke of Wellingtons sister)"

"Robert Beatty as 1st. Lt. William Bush"

"Terence Morgan as 2nd Lt. Gerard, an officer on the Lydia"

"Moultrie Kelsall as 3rd. Lt. Crystal, an officer on the Lydia"

"James Kenney as Midshipman Longley"

"James Robertson Justice as Seaman Quist, who helps Hornblower and Bush escape"

"Denis O'Dea as Rear Admiral Sir Rodney 'Mucho Pomposo' Leighton"

"Richard Hearne as Polwheal, Hornblower's steward"

"Michael Dolan as Surgeon Gundarson"

"Stanley Baker as Mr. Harrison, Hornblower's bosun (Boatswain)"

"Alec Mango as El Supremo (Don Julian Alvarado)"

"Christopher Lee as the Spanish captain of the Natividad"