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Sharpe's Rifles (1993) (TV)
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5 May 1993 (UK)
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In the Penisular War, a British seargent is field promoted to a lieutenant in charge of a disrespectful rifle company. full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sean Bean | ... | Sharpe |
 | Brian Cox | ... | Hogan |
 | Daragh O'Malley | ... | Harper |
| Assumpta Serna | ... | Teresa |
| David Troughton | ... | Wellesley |
| Simón Andreu | ... | Vivar |
| Michael Mears | ... | Cooper |
| John Tams | ... | Hagman |
| Jason Salkey | ... | Harris |
 | Paul Trussell | ... | Tongue |
| Lyndon Davies | ... | Perkins |
| Julian Fellowes | ... | Major Dunnett |
 | Tim Bentinck | ... | Captain Murray |
| Richard Ireson | ... | Sgt. Williams |
| Martin Jacobs | ... | Lawford |
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USA:102 min
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Aside from the fact that James Rothschild was German/French and not English, had a full head of hair and would have been only 17 in 1809 (the year of the story), it is highly unlikely that as an upper class person such as he would have spoken a word of Yiddish. The three words exchanged by Rothschild and the "Methodist" in the carriage were scarcely distinguishable from German which begs the question: how would Richard Sharpe have recognized Yiddish?
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Major Hogan:
Surprised to see me, Richard? Well you've done a grand job, a grand job. But now, at dawn tomorrow, with the help of my agent Commandante Teresa, who I believe you've met, I want you to seize the chapel at Torre Castro and hold it against all comers until Major Vivar has raised the gonfalon of Santiago over the chapel roof.
Richard Sharpe: Seize Torre Castro? With six men and a straggle of Spaniards? Can't be done! May I remind you of our main mission, sir? To find a missing gentleman?
Major Hogan: Not now, Richard. Our mission is Torre Castro. Spain is a sleeping tiger! If the people of Torre Castro rise up, even for an hour, the shock will shake the whole of Spain. Carry on, sir.
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Richard Sharpe: Seize Torre Castro? With six men and a straggle of Spaniards? Can't be done! May I remind you of our main mission, sir? To find a missing gentleman?
Major Hogan: Not now, Richard. Our mission is Torre Castro. Spain is a sleeping tiger! If the people of Torre Castro rise up, even for an hour, the shock will shake the whole of Spain. Carry on, sir.
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Followed by Sharpe's Eagle (1993) (TV)
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Salamanca
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I was very impressed with Sharpe's Rifles starring Brian Cox. I think that Brian Cox has slowly become one of my favorite actors over the many years that I had viewed his acting work. I have also seen Cox in the director's cut of Manhunter and he did some wonderful work in that film too. Sharpe's Rifles showed me that hard work and determination could payoff for those individuals not even given a chance to succeed. Sharpe's men and his allies were outnumbered many times in the film, but stood up to them and protected what they believed to be theirs. Sure many lives were lost and blood was shed, but these are some of the prices an individual must be willing to pay in order to get the reward at the end of the tunnel. Brian Cox showed me that a man could be sharp, cunning, smart and honest and still reign on top in the end. A great little movie.