Directed by:
Tom CleggCinematography:
Arthur WoosterComposer:
Dominic MuldowneyCast:
Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser, Michael Byrne, Alice Krige, Féodor Atkine, Ron Cook, Mark Burns, Nickolas Grace, James Saxon, Matthew Scurfield (more)Plots(1)
Officer Sharpe unwittingly becomes a pawn in a plot of Major Pierre Ducos, a French spy. He is falsely accused of dishonoring the wife of a Spanish Marques. When the Marques him to a duel, which is forbidden by Wellington, Sharpe accepts.
The Marques is later murdered in his sleep. Sharpe is arrested and faces a Court Martial.
Will Ducos succeed in discrediting the British army and damaging their alliance with Spain? Will Major Sharpe escape a death sentence, find the Marquesa and foil the French conspiracy?
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Sean Bean
UK
Best movies:
Daragh O'Malley
Ireland
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Sharpe's Battle (1995) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Siege (1996) (TV movie)
Hugh Fraser
UK
Best movies:
Sharpe's Battle (1995) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Siege (1996) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Michael Byrne
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Braveheart (1995)
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Alice Krige
South Africa
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Féodor Atkine
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Ron Cook
UK
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Mark Burns
UK
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Nickolas Grace
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Sharpe's Honour (1994) (TV movie)
An Ideal Husband (1999)
James Saxon
UK
Best movies:
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Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Les Misérables (1998)
Matthew Scurfield
UK
Best movies:
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The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
Black Beauty (1994)
Christopher Owen
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
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Jay Benedict
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Anna Savva
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Honour (1994) (TV movie)
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