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Film / 1996
Sharpe's Mission
Directed by
Tom Clegg
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, …
The story
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.
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Sharpe Collection
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Cast
Sean BeanMajor Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'MalleySergeant Major Patrick Harper
Abigail CruttendenJane Sharpe
James LaurensonMajor General Hector Ross
Hugh FraserField Marshal The Most Honorable Arthur Wellesley, The Marquess of Wellington
Mark StrongColonel Brand
Andrew SchofieldSergeant Pope
Nigel BettsMajor Septimus Pyecroft
Warren SaireClarence Shellington
John TamsRifleman Daniel Hagman
Jason SalkeyRifleman Harris
Diana PérezRamona Gonzalez Harper
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