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Horatio Hornblower :: The Duel (aka The Even Chance) (01x01)

Episode Information

Title:

The Duel (aka The Even Chance)

Episode #:

01x01

Original Airdate:

Wednesday October 07th, 1998

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Country:	Aired On:

USA	Apr 04, 1999

Episode Crew
Director:	Andrew Grieve
Story:	C. S. Forester
Screenplay:	Russell Lewis (1)

Episode Summary

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Horatio joins the Royal Navy at seventeen, a bit old to start a Naval career. Although he started out behind the other midshipmen he has a good mind for navigation. What he doesn't take to is the bullying from one particularly nasty chap. One thing leads to another, and that leads to a duel.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Chris Barnes (1)	played	Finch	Recurring (first appearance)
•Colin MacLachlan (1)	played	Master Bowles	Recurring (first appearance)
•Frank Boyce (1)	played	Midshipman Cleveland	Recurring (first appearance)
•Simon Sherlock	played	Oldroyd	Recurring (first appearance)
•Dorian Healy	played	Midshipman Jack Simpson
•Duncan Bell	played	Midshipman Clayton
•Michael Byrne (1)	played	Captain Keene
•Oliver Montgomery	played	Lieutenant Chalk
•Richard Lumsden	played	Midshipman Hether
•Robert Bathurst	played	Lieutenant Eccleston
•Roger May	played	Lieutenant Chadd
•Simon Markey	played	Dr. Hepplewhite
•Vincent Grass	played	Captain Forget

Episode Notes

The events in this episode are taken from the book Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester.

Episode Quotes

Captain Pellew: Whatever mask he may hide behind, a Frenchman is still a Frenchman and we will beat him as we have always beaten him!

Hornblower: My name's Hornblower.
Cleveland: What an infernal piece of bad luck for you.

Captain Keene: The son of a Doctor. Hah! You would have done better to choose a Lord as your father if you wanted to make a career in His Majesty's navy.

Clayton: (with gun to Simpson's head) Stand off, Jack, or I'll trim the walls with your brains.

Kennedy: Difficult to say who smells worse, the men or the beasts in the manger forward.