Napoleonic Wars & The Royal Navy

To the Ends of the Earth (2005); directed by David Attwood; BBC

Starring: 

  • Edmund Talbot = Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Lieutenant Cumbersham = Robert Hobbs
  • Captain Anderson = Jared Harris
  • Bates = Theo Landey
  • 1st Lieutenant Summers = Jamie Sives
  • Miss Granham = Victoria Hamilton
  • Mr. Prettiman = Sam Neill
  • Lieutenant Deveral = JJ Field

 

 

 

Master and Commander: Far Side of the World (2003); directed by Peter Weir; Twentieth-Century Fox. Soundtrack (iTunes) by Christopher Gordon and various artists

Starring:

  • Captain Jack Aubrey = Russell Crowe
  • Dr. Stephen Maturin = Paul Bettany
  • 1st Lt. Tom Pullings = James D’Arcy
  • 2nd Lt. William Mowett = Edward Woodall
  • Blakeney = Max Pirkis
  • Hollom = Lee Ingleby
  • Captain Howard = Chris Larkin
  • Mr. Allen = Robert Pugh

 

Horatio Hornblower Series; directed by Andrew Grieve; ITV/A&E Telvision Networks

Hornblower: The Duel (1998)

Hornblower: The Fires (1998)

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)

Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)

Hornblower: Retribution (2001)

Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)

Hornblower: Duty(2003)

Starring:

  • Horatio Hornblower = Ioan Gruffudd
  • Captain Edward Pellew = Robert Lindsay
  • Lieutenant Archie Kennedy = Jamie Bamber
  • Lieutenant William Bush = Paul McGann
  • Lieutenant Bracegirdle = Jonathan Coy
  • Captain James Sawyer = David Warner
  • Matthews = Paul Copley
  • Styles = Sean Gilder
  • Oldroyd = Simon Sherlock
  • Maria Mason = Julia Sawalha
**I recommend purchasing the DVD Set pictured above, with all 8 feature-length episodes — it’s good to have them all on hand as the series is incredibly addicting! (btw, the trailer below is fanmade)**

 

Sharpe Series; directed by Tom Clegg; ITV

Sharpe’s Rifles (1993)

Sharpe’s Eagle (1993)

Sharpe’s Company (1994)

Sharpe’s Enemy(1994)

Sharpe’s Honour (1994)

Sharpe’s Gold(1995)

Sharpe’s Battle (1995)

Sharpe’s Sword(1995)

Sharpe’s Regiment (1996)

Sharpe’s Seige(1996)

Sharpe’s Mission (1996)

Sharpe’s Revenge(1997)

Sharpe’s Justice (1997)

Sharpe’s Waterloo (1997)

Sharpe’s Challenge(2006)

Sharpe’s Peril (2008)

Starring:

  • Richard Sharpe = Sean Bean
  • Major Patrick Harper = Daragh O’Malley
  • Francis Cooper = Michael Mears
  • Daniel Hagman = John Tams
  • Sergeant Harris = Jason Salkey
  • Isiah Tongue = Paul Trussell
  • Ben Perkins = Lyndon Davies

 

 

 

 

Longitude (2000); directed by Charles Sturidge; A&E Television Networks

Starring:

  • Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell = Jonathan Coy
  • Rupert Gould = Jeremy Irons
  • John Harrison = Michael Gambon
  • Elizabeth Harrison = Gemma Jones
  • Captain Ainsley = Christopher Hodsol
  • Sir Charles Pelham = Nigel Davenport
  • Muriel Gould = Anna Chancellor

 

The Bounty(1984); directed by Roger Donaldson

Starring:

  • Lieutenant William Bligh = Anthony Hopkins
  • Fletcher Christian = Mel Gibson
  • Admiral Hood = Laurence Olivier
  • John Fryer = Daniel Day-Lewis
  • William Cole = Bernard Hill
  • Edward Young = Philip Davis
  • Seaman Charles Churchill = Liam Neeson
  • Captain Greetham = Edward Fox

 

I Remember Nelson (1982); directed by Simon Langton; Masterpiece Theater/Acorn Media

Starring:

  • Horatio Nelson = Kenneth Colley
  • Lady Emma Hamilton = Geraldine James
  • Lady Frances Nelson = Anna Massey
  • Captain Thomas Hardy = Tim Pigott-Smith
  • Sir William Hamilton = John Clements
  • Lord Byron = Sylvester Morand

 

 

 

 

Waterloo (1970); directed by Sergei Bondarchuk; Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Mosfilm, Paramount
Starring:

  • Napoleon = Rod Steiger
  • Duke of Wellington = Christopher Plummer
  • Louis XVIII = Orson Wells
  • Marshal Michel Ney = Dan O’Herlihy
  • Marshal Blücher = Serge Zaqariadze
  • Duchess of Richmond = Virginia McKenna
  • Marshal Soult = Ivo Garrani

Above is the official trailer from 1970. But the one below, a fanmade version, gave me goosebumps!

Damn the Defiant! (1962); directed by Lewis Gilbert; Columbia Pictures

Starring:

  • Captain Crawford = Alec Guinness
  • Lieutenant Scott-Padget = Dirk Bogarde
  • Mr. Goss = Maurice Denham
  • Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick = Nigel Stock
  • Lieutenant Ponsonby = Richard Carpenter
  • Lieutenant D’Arblay = Peter Gill
  • Harvey Crawford = David Robinson
  • Vizard = Anthony Quayle

 

 

 

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962); directed by Lewis Milestone; Arcola Pictures, MGM
Starring: 

  • Capt. William Bligh = Trevor Howard
  • Lieutenant Christian = Marlon Brando
  • Seaman Mills = Richard Harris
  • Tarita = Maimiti

Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951); directed by Raoul Walsh; Warner Bros.

Starring:

  • Horatio Hornblower = Gregory Peck
  • Lieutenant William Bush = Robert Beatty
  • Lady Barbara Wellesley = Virginia Mayo
  • Lieutenant Crystal = Moultrie Kelsall
  • Lt. Gerard = Terence Morgan
  • Midshipman Longley = James Kennedy
  • Seaman Quist = James R. Justice

 

 

That Hamilton Woman (1941); directed by Alexander Korda; Alexander Korda Films, Criterion

Starring:

  • Emma Hamilton = Vivien Leigh
  • Lord Nelson = Laurence Olivier
  • Sir William Hamilton = Alan Mowbray
  • Lady Nelson = Gladys Cooper
  • Mrs. Cadogan-Lyon = Sara Allgood
  • Capt. Hardy = Henry Wilcoxon

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); directed by Frank Lloyd; MGM/Warner

Starring:

  • Capt. William Bligh = Charles Langton
  • Lieutenant Christian = Clark Gable
  • Byam = Franchot Tone
  • Smith = Herbert Mundin
  • Ellison = Eddie Quillan
  • Captain Nelson = Francis Lister
  • Sir Joseph Banks = Henry Stephenson
  • Tehani = Movita Castaneda

 


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