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Title: Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
Genre: Adventure, TV Movie
Director: Andrew Grieve
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Denis Lawson, Ian McNeice, Andrew Tiernan, Jonathan Coy, Ian McElhinney, Paul Copley, Chris Barnes, Sean Gilder, Simon Sherlock, Colin MacLachlan, Frank Boyce, Jonathan Aris, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Peter Corey, Simon Slater, Frank Rozelaar-Green
Release: 1998-11-18
Runtime: 93
Plot: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British naval history. Pellew, Captain of the Indefatigable, decides to put forward his protege Horatio Hornblower for the examination for lieutenant. Leading up to the exam Hornblower comes up against many challenges to prepare him for the difficult life as a lieutenant.
