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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999-04-02 · 100 min · ★ 7.2

War · Adventure · TV Movie

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

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Directors
Andrew Grieve
Production companies
Meridian Broadcasting
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ioan GruffuddIoan GruffuddHoratio Hornblower
Robert LindsayRobert LindsaySir Edward Pellew
Antony SherAntony SherColonel Moncoutant
John ShrapnelJohn ShrapnelGeneral Charette
Samuel WestSamuel WestMajor Edrington
Peter VaughanPeter VaughanAdmiral Lord Hood
Jean BadinJean BadinFaure
Jamie BamberJamie BamberArchie Kennedy
Paul CopleyPaul CopleyMathews
Jonathan CoyJonathan CoyLieutenant Bracegirdle
Sean GilderSean GilderStyles
Estelle SkornikEstelle SkornikMariette
Colin MacLachlanColin MacLachlanMaster Bowles
Simon SherlockSimon SherlockOldroyd
Ian LindsayIan LindsayCollins
Jason HallStevens

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