C. S. Forester

C. S. Forester Trailers

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Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

Most Popular C. S. Forester Trailers

Total trailers found: 21

Greyhound Trailer (2020)

09 July 2020

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII.

Synnitön lankeemus Trailer (1943)

21 November 1943

Timo plays a jealous husband who shoots his wife's lover on stage. The theater director urges the shy young man to gain experience with women and guns before the premiere.

Eagle Squadron Trailer (1942)

16 June 1942

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

Payment Deferred Trailer (1932)

01 November 1932

Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses.

The African Queen Trailer (1977)

18 March 1977

After the events of The African Queen (1951), Charlie and Rose are recaptured by the Germans and forced to tug one of their big cannons that could bring the Nazis victory against the local Allied forces.

Hornblower: Retribution Trailer (2001)

15 April 2001

Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.

Sink the Bismarck! Trailer (1960)

11 February 1960

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II.

The African Queen Trailer (1952)

07 January 1952

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

Brown on Resolution Trailer (1935)

15 May 1935

Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Forever and a Day Trailer (1943)

21 January 1943

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. Trailer (1951)

10 April 1951

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.

The Pride and the Passion Trailer (1957)

10 July 1957

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French.

Sailor of the King Trailer (1953)

11 June 1953

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son.

Hornblower: Mutiny Trailer (2001)

08 April 2001

Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.

Hornblower: The Even Chance Trailer (1998)

07 October 1998

Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.

Hornblower: Loyalty Trailer (2003)

05 January 2003

Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.

Commandos Strike at Dawn Trailer (1942)

30 December 1942

A gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement.

Hornblower: Duty Trailer (2003)

06 January 2003

Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters Trailer (1999)

02 April 1999

Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant Trailer (1998)

18 November 1998

Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil Trailer (1999)

24 February 1999

Acting Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.