Sharpe's Rifles

Sharpe's Rifles

102 mins | Adventure, War, TV Movie | May 5, 1993

During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In order to pay the troops Wellesley needs a money draft from the banker Rothschild, but fears he has been captured by the French and sends Sharpe behind enemy lines to find him. Sharpe is given command of a platoon of crack riflemen, led by the surly Irishman Harper and including Hagman and Harris, who resent Sharpe as not being a 'proper officer'.

Sharpe's Rifles

102 mins | Adventure, War, TV Movie | May 5, 1993

Sharpe's Rifles
During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In order to pay the troops Wellesley needs a money draft from the banker Rothschild, but fears he has been captured by the French and sends Sharpe behind enemy lines to find him. Sharpe is given command of a platoon of crack riflemen, led by the surly Irishman Harper and including Hagman and Harris, who resent Sharpe as not being a 'proper officer'.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Central, Picture Palace, Celtic Films Entertainment
Original title Sharpe's Rifles
Directors Tom Clegg
Writers Bernard Cornwell, Eoghan Harris

Cast

Sean Bean

as Richard Sharpe

Brian Cox

as Major Michael Hogan

Daragh O'Malley

as Patrick Harper

Assumpta Serna

as Comandante Teresa Moreno

David Troughton

as Sir Arthur Wellesley

John Tams

as Hagman

Jason Salkey

as Harris

Michael Mears

as Cooper

Julian Fellowes

as Major Dunnett

Lyndon Davies

as Perkins

Simón Andreu

as Major Vivar