7.8/10 3,276 votes

Released:
1993-05-05

Overview:
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'.

Director:
Tom Clegg

Runtime:
1h 42min

Genre:
War, Adventure, TV Movie

• 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