The Duchess and the Devil

Originally Aired: February 24, 1999 (UK - ITV)/April 18, 1999 (US-A&E)


Cast:

Ioan Gruffudd - Acting Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower

Robert Lindsay - Captain Sir Edward Pellew

Cherie Lunghi - Duchess of Wharfedale/Catherine "Kitty" Cobham

Christopher Fulford - Midshipman Hunter

Ronald Pickup - Don Massaredo

Jamie Bamber - Midshipman Archie Kennedy

Jonathan Coy - Lieutenant Bracegirdle

John Woodvine - Sir Hew Dalrymple

Paul Copley - Matthews

Sean Gilder - Styles

Simon Sherlock - Oldroyd

Jean-Yves Berteloot - Etienne de Vergesse

Vincent S. Boluda - Spanish Lieutenant (Romero)

Ian Lindsay - Collins

Jolyon Baker - Captain Joubert

Colin MacLachlan - Master Bowles

Crew:

Director: Andrew Grieve

Based on the novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by: C.S. Forester

Screenplay by: Patrick Harbinson

Producer: Andrew Benson

Executive Producer: Delia Fine

Executive Producer: Vernon Lawrence

Line Producer: Peter Richardson

Original Music: John E. Keane

Cinematographer: Alec Curtis

Film Editor: Keith Palmer

Production Design: Rob Harris

Costume Designer: John Mollo

First Assistant Director: David Mason

Second Assistant Director: Giles Butler

Third Assistant Director: Alexander Gibb

Construction Manager: Dave Channon

Property Buyer: Cathy Cosgrove

Painter: Gerry Graham

Painter: Dean Hawley

Stand-by Props: Brian Henry

Set Dresser: Tina Jones

Stand-by Carpenter: Alan Sprawson

Production Sound Mixer: Rudi Buckle

Boom Operator: Colin Codner

Dubbing Editor: Michael Crouch

Dubbing Mixer: Colin Martin

Sound Effects Editor: Sue Lenny

Foley Recordist: Dave Sloss

Special Effects Assistant - Pyro Supervisor: Graham Aikman

Special Effects Senior Technician: Model Unit: Jeremy Lovett

Special Effects Crew: Ben Broadbridge

Director of Photography - Model Unit: Roy Field

Model Unit Director: Martin Gutteridge

Digital Effects: Mark Thomas-Stubbs

Best Boy: David Bourke

Production Assistant: Anna Callaghan

Gaffer: Tom Gates

Assistant to Producer: Dani Gordon

Location Manager: Nigel Gostelow

Production Accountant: Pauline Granby

Wardrobe Supervisor: Gordon Harmer

Grip: Jon Head

Script Supervisor: Amanda Lean

Chargehand Rigger: Andy Ormesher

Unit Nurse: Gerry Savage

Production Coordinator: Adele Steward

Assistant Accountant: Chris Tarry

Assistant Film Editor: Matthew Tucker

Script Executive: Tim Vaughan

Generator Operator: Micky May

Electrician: Jamie Summers


Duchess and the Devil Trivia

  • Ronald Pickup ("Don Massaredo") voiced the role of Aslan in the 1989 BBC production of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  Hornblower alum, Samuel West ("Lord Edrington"), played Prince Caspian in the same series. (~IMDB.  Thanks to HMS Lozzy for this bit of trivia!)