Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (review)
The cable network A&E’s Horatio Hornblower movie series showcases Ioan Gruffudd in his first leading role (previously, he was seen as the sailor who pulls Rose from the frigid ocean in Titanic), and he comports himself nicely as C.S. Forester’s British naval hero (though of necessity he must lose his Welsh accent in favorite of an English one). The Duel is the first of four movies A&E will air in April 1999, all loosely based on Forester’s 1950 book Mr. Midshipman Hornblower.
