Sharpe's Rifles Movie Review 1993

Swashbuckling heroics dominate as the Duke of Wellington's British soldiers battle Napoleon's French forces in the 1809 Penisular War (fought in Spain and Portugal). Common soldier Richard Sharpe (Bean) has just been promoted and given the unenviable task of leading a group of malcontent sharpshooters on a secret mission to aid Britain's Spanish allies. But it's not all hard times for Sharpe since the Spanish commander happens to be a very lovely woman. Adapted from the novel by Bernard Cornwall; made for British TV.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, War, General

Screenplay

Eoghan Harris

Cast

Sean Bean, Assumpta Serna, Brian Cox, David Troughton, Daragh O'Malley, Julian Fellowes, Timothy Bentinck, Simon Andreu, Michael Mears, John Tams, Jason Salkey, Paul Trussell

Cinematography

Ivan Strasburg

Director

Tom Clegg

Music

Dominic Muldowney

Other

Robin Sales

Producer

Malcolm Craddock, Ted Childs, Muir Sutherland, Celtic/Picture Palace