Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Pierre Ducos.
Sean Bean
Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley
Patrick Harper
Hugh Fraser
Lord Wellington
Pete Postlethwaite
Obadiah Hakeswill
Assumpta Serna
Comandante Teresa Moreno
Elizabeth Hurley
Lady Farthingdale
Helena Michell
Sarah Dubreton
Michael Byrne
Major Nairn
John Tams
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Jason Salkey
Rifleman Harris
Sharpe's Enemy is a war, history, action, adventure, tv movie film released in 1994 exploring themes of based on novel or book, portugal, napoleonic wars, british soldier, 19th century. Directed by Tom Clegg, it stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser. Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Pierre Ducos.
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