Sharpes Rifles

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Sharpes Rifles
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
DirectorTom Clegg

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:July 25th, 2000 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Celtic Films Entertainment Central Picture Palace

Sharpe Collection

Richard Sharpe is the dashing maverick British rifleman fighting against Napoleon in 19th century Europe in this British television series. Based on the best-selling novels by Bernard Cornwell, the series also stars Assumpta Serna as Teresa, Daragh O'Malley as Harper, Abigail Cruttenden as Jane and Cecile Paoli as Lucille.