Sharpe's Mission (1996)
France, 1813. Wellington orders Sharpe to join the dashing colonel Brand on a hazardous journey behind French enemy lines with the aim of blowing up an ammunition store. Sharpe's wife Jane becomes disillusioned with Sharpe's frequent absences. Left behind in the camp, she warms to the attentions of another admirer. Meanwhile, Sharpe is out in the mountains and is dangerously outnumbered, with with the French ranks closing in. He must risk his own life, however, to confront a far deadlier enemy on his own side.
- Date of release
- 1996-05-15
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- War, Action, Adventure, History, TV Movie
- Director
- Tom Clegg
- Collection
- Sharpe Collection
Casting
- Sean Bean — Major Richard Sharpe
- Daragh O'Malley — Sergeant Major Patrick Harper
- Abigail Cruttenden — Jane Sharpe
- James Laurenson — Major General Hector Ross
- Hugh Fraser — Field Marshal The Most Honorable Arthur Wellesley, The Marquess of Wellington
- Mark Strong — Colonel Brand
- Andrew Schofield — Sergeant Pope
- Nigel Betts — Major Septimus Pyecroft
- Warren Saire — Clarence Shellington
- John Tams — Rifleman Daniel Hagman
- Jason Salkey — Rifleman Harris
- Diana Pérez — Ramona Gonzalez Harper
Interesting facts
Sharpe's Mission is a British television drama, the 11th episode of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike most of the other installments of the series, this episode was not based on a novel by Bernard Cornwell.
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