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With Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley, Assumpta Serna. General Wellesley sends Major Hogan, Sharpe, the chosen men and the South Essex Regiment to destroy a bridge. Sharpe is immediately in conflict with two junior officers of the South Essex and their incompetent commander.
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- Tom Clegg
- 1993-05-12
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"You don't see a battle, you hear it. Black powder blasting by the ton on all sides. Black smoke blinding you and choking you and making you vomit. Then the French come out of the smoke - not in a line, but in a column. And they march towards our thin line, kettledrums hammering like hell and a golden eagle blazing overhead. They march slowly, and it takes them a long time to reach you, and you can't see them in smoke. But you can hear them drums."
— Sharpe
In the lead-up to the Battle of Talavera, General Wellesley sends Major Hogan, Richard Sharpe, and the South Essex Regiment to destroy a bridge. The South Essex is commanded by Sir Henry Simmerson, a well-connected but vain incompetent. There is immediately conflict between Sharpe and Sir Henry and his sycophantic junior officers. Things get worse ...
1.Spain 1809
2.Destroy the bridge at Valdelacasa
3.Three rounds a minute
4.Spanish allies
5.Losing the King's Colours
6.A duel
•Sean Bean — Lieutenant Richard Sharpe (gazetted to Captain of the Light Company after Valdelacasa)
•Brian Cox — Major Michael Hogan
•Daragh O'Malley — Sergeant Patrick Harper
•Assumpta Serna — Comandante Teresa Moreno
•David Troughton — General Sir Arthur Wellesley
•Michael Cochrane — Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson
•Written by: Eoghan Harris
•Executive Producers: Ted Childs and Muir Sutherland
•Produced by: Malcolm Craddock
•Directed by: Tom Clegg
•Year: 1993
•DVD Release Date: April 29, 2002
•BBFC Classification: 15
•Catalogue Number: 37115 02533
•Sharpe's Eagle at the Internet Movie Database
Capt. Sharpe (Sean Bean) tries to restore the honor of an inexperienced battalion that lost its colors.
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- Tom Clegg
- TV-PG
- Sean Bean
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"Sharpe" Sharpe's Eagle (TV Episode 1993) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Sharpe's Rifles. May 5, 1993. During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant.
- Sharpe's Eagle. May 12, 1993. Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle.
- Sharpe's Company. May 25, 1994. Spain 1812 The Duke of Wellington plans to lay siege to Badajoz. A murderous figure from Sharpe's past uses a beautiful woman revenge himself on Sharpe, now the father of her child.
- Sharpe's Enemy. June 1, 1994. 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.
May 12, 1993 · Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colours (its regimental flag), Sharpe vows to save the honor of the regiment by capturing a French Imperial standard: an eagle.
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