Acting Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.
Ioan Gruffudd
as Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay
as Captain Pellew
Cherie Lunghi
as Duchess of Wharfedale
Christopher Fulford
as Midshipman Hunter
Ronald Pickup
as Don Massaredo
Jamie Bamber
as Kennedy
Jonathan Coy
as Lieutenant Bracegirdle
John Woodvine
as Sir Hugh Dalrymple
Paul Copley
as Matthews
Sean Gilder
as Styles
Simon Sherlock
as Oldroyd
Jean-Yves Berteloot
as Etienne de Vergasse
