Sharpe's Rifles
05/05/1993
2h



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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'.
Cast


Sean Bean
Richard Sharpe


Brian Cox
Major Michael Hogan


Daragh O'Malley
Patrick Harper


Assumpta Serna
Comandante Teresa Moreno


David Troughton
Sir Arthur Wellesley


John Tams
Rifleman Daniel Hagman


Jason Salkey
Rifleman Harris


Michael Mears
Rifleman Francis Cooper


Julian Fellowes
Major Dunnett


Simón Andreu
Major Vivar


Lyndon Davies
Rifleman Ben Perkins


Paul Trussell
Rifleman Isaiah Tongue
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