C. S. Forester

C. S. Forester

1899-08-27 Cairo, Egypt 21 Credits

Biography

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. Description ab...

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Greyhound

Greyhound

2020

Novel

7.4

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...

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

2003

Novel

7.3

Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napo...

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003

Novel

7.2

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

Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

Author

7.5

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 t...

Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001

Author

7.4

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, th...

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999

Author

7.3

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

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

1999

Author

7.3

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

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

1998

Novel

7.4

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

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Hornblower: The Even Chance

1998

Novel

7.4

Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval car...

The African Queen

The African Queen

1977

Novel

6.5

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 bri...

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

Book

6.8

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 Bi...

The Pride and the Passion

The Pride and the Passion

1957

Novel

5.9

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 ...

Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King

1953

Novel

6.8

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under...

The African Queen

The African Queen

1952

Novel

7.4

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 g...

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

1951

Novel, Adaptation

6.9

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship a...

Synnitön lankeemus

Synnitön lankeemus

1943

Novel

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...

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

1943

Writer

7.4
Writing

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

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942

Story

5.4
Writing

A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force a...

Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron

1942

Story

Writing

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

Brown on Resolution

Brown on Resolution

1935

Writer

5.8
Writing

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...

Payment Deferred

Payment Deferred

1932

Novel

5.9

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 ...