Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, Ukraine, Portugal
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Portugal, 1809. Fast moving, hard-hitting action adventure filmed on location in the Crimea, Portugal and England brings to the screen all the danger, romance and sheer spectacle of one of the bloodiest periods in English warfare. Richard Sharpe rises through the ranks of Wellington’s army by his courageous and daring exploits. He and his men operate behind French lines, risking their lives to undermine Napoleon's forces.
- british army
- napoleonic wars
- 19th century
The bill
Sean Bean
Lieutenant Richard Sharpe
Brian Cox
Major Michael Hogan
Daragh O'Malley
Sergeant Patrick Harper
Assumpta Serna
Comandante Teresa Moreno
- David Troughton — General Sir Arthur Wellesley
- Simón Andreu — Major Blas Vivar
- Michael Mears — Rifleman Francis Cooper
- John Tams — Rifleman Daniel Hagman
- Jason Salkey — Rifleman Harris
- Paul Trussell — Rifleman Isaiah Tongue
- Lyndon Davies — Rifleman Ben Perkins
- Julian Fellowes — Major Warren Dunnett
- Tim Bentinck — Captain John Murray
- Richard Ireson — Sergeant Williams
- Martin Jacobs — Colonel William Lawford
- Directed
- Tom Clegg
- Written
- Eoghan Harris
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 57 ratings
- Studio
- Celtic Films Entertainment, Picture Palace, ITV Studios, Central
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