Sharpe's Revenge (1997) (TV)

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writers:

Bernard Cornwell (novel)
Eoghan Harris (writer)

Release Date:

12 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | History | War

Plot:

Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile, Jane - urged on by a friend - makes some questionable choices. |

Plot Keywords:

Napoleonic Wars | Sequel | Based On Novel

Cast

Sean Bean	...	Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley	...	Patrick Harper
Abigail Cruttenden	...	Jane Sharpe
Philip Whitchurch	...	Frederickson
Cécile Paoli	...	Madame Lucille DuBert
Alexis Denisof	...	Rossendale
Féodor Atkine	...	Ducos
James Laurenson	...	Major General Ross
John Benfield	...	Calvet
Connie Hyde	...	Lady Molly Spindacre
Tom Hodgkins	...	Wigram
Stephane Cornicard	...	Colonel Maillot
Phil Smeeton	...	Sergeant Challon
Michael Fitzgerald	...	Major Salmon
Milton Johns	...	Hopkinson

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French | Italian

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-13

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Celtic Films Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Frederickson falls out with Sharpe over Lucille, Sharpe is heard to say that 'We've been friends for five years'. This contradicts one of the previous movies, Sharpe's Enemy, which details the first meeting of the two men. Sharpe's Enemy was actually set in 1813 only a year before this chapter in the Sharpe series.

Quotes:

[after Harper tells him that Jane has left him for another man, Sharpe waits about thirty seconds, then runs into the house and kicks open - literally - Lucille's bedroom door]
Richard Sharpe: Begging your pardon, ma'am. Your door was locked.

Movie Connections:

Follows Sharpe's Battle (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Love Farewell

What's with Fredrickson's wig?

By now, we know the drill, Sharpe gets into trouble, and he and Harper have to fight to get out of it. It could start to get formulaic, but somehow it never does. The writers did an admirable job of editing Sharpe's fortress out of this one, although Wigram's reasons for calling Sharpe out are somewhat spurious. Fredrickson stomps all over Harper as sidekick-the-audience-most-wants-for-themselves, and Lucille is just lovely - although I don't think I can forgive her for not being straight with Fredrickson - she's a lot nicer in the book. Maillot deserved a bit more character development than he actually got too, but overall, not a bad effort. I really don't know what to make of Jane - she seems to have some weird deranged schizophrenic thing going on where one minute she's evil and the next confused. As much as I love Richard, I have to say he was outshone by Fredrickson in this one.