Ioan Gruffudd
— Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay
— Sir Edward Pellew
David Warner
— Captain James Sawyer
Nicholas Jones
— Lieutenant Buckland
Paul McGann
— Lieutenant Bush
Jamie Bamber
— Archie Kennedy
Philip Glenister
— Hobbs
Paul Copley
— Mathews
Sean Gilder
— Styles
David Rintoul
— Doctor Clive
Terence Corrigan
— Midshipman Wellard