Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (UK title: The Even Chance) is a 1998 ITV/A&E television film directed by Andrew Grieve, starring Ioan Gruffudd as 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower taking the first steps of his naval career in 1794 Portsmouth, where a feud with a shipmate leads to complications. Based on C. S. Forester's Mr. Midshipman Hornblower.