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Sharpe's Rifles(1993)
Status: Released
Date: 1993-05-05
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55 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
Ukraine,
Portugal
ProductionCompanies: 
Picture Palace
Movie: Sharpe's Rifles
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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