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Sharpe's Battle

Episode aired Jul 8, 2006
TV-14TV-14
1h 40m

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7.8/10

2.3K

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Action Adventure Drama

When Sharpe is ordered to whip the King of Spain's Irish Royal Brigade into shape, he faces dissent from the men who believe the British are slaughtering their relatives in Ireland and a spy... Read allWhen Sharpe is ordered to whip the King of Spain's Irish Royal Brigade into shape, he faces dissent from the men who believe the British are slaughtering their relatives in Ireland and a spy from within.When Sharpe is ordered to whip the King of Spain's Irish Royal Brigade into shape, he faces dissent from the men who believe the British are slaughtering their relatives in Ireland and a spy from within.

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

2.3K

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- Tom Clegg
- Russell Lewis
- Bernard Cornwell(based on the novel by)
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Peter-Hugo Daly in Sharpe's Battle (1995)

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Trivia
The book upon which this is based is dedicated to Sean Bean, the actor who plays Richard Sharpe.

Goofs
Around 43m30s there is a crew member wearing a white shirt and blue shorts visible on the left hand side of the shot watching the fight scene.

Quotes
Richard Sharpe: [standing with Harper in front of the new soldiers, at the beginning of drill instructions, with Lord Kiely watching and listening on his horse and wearing his his shiny white coat] We've killed officers in blue coats, red coats, even officers in white coats!... A bad officer is better off dead, and a good soldier had better learn how to kill him!

Connections
Featured in Lost in Adaptation: Sharpe (2015)

Soundtracks
Johnny is Gone for a Soldier
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Performed by John Tams

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Sean Bean and Sharpe are in top form

Sean Bean and Richard Sharpe are in top form here. The film is gritty, it gives Sharpe some of his classic "I'm going to make soldiers out of you" speeches, the supporting characters among the Riflemen have a lot to do, and there are some fairly hard-hitting, realistic looks at politics, war, and the "Irish Troubles" along the way. Plus Sharpe does not end up bedding every woman in sight, which is a lot closer to the books than some of the other Sharpe films which end up making Sharpe a Napoleonic era James Bond who sleeps with every woman within 1000 miles. The Sharpe films are very variable, and some of them are lot weaker and cheesier than others. This one is one of the good ones.

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nevoy
May 30, 2004

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