Sean Bean faces a hanging for a crime he didn't commit — and still might not survive the opening credits.
1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out in a duel. But when the husband is found dead the next morning, Sharpe is arrested and brought before a court martial, and it seems not even Patrick Harper and the Chosen Men can save Sharpe from a hanging, or rescue his honour
Acting
Sean Bean's permanent 'about to be wronged' expression, perfected.
Production
Surprisingly lush Spain locations for a 1994 TV movie budget.
Director
Tom Clegg
Sean Bean
Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley
Patrick Harper
Alice Krige
La Marquesa
Nickolas Grace
Father Hacha
Féodor Atkine
Major Ducos
Hugh Fraser
Lord Wellington
Michael Byrne
Major Nairn
John Tams
Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Jason Salkey
Rifleman Harris
Michael Mears
Rifleman Francis Cooper
Lyndon Davies
Rifleman Ben Perkins
Ron Cook
Napoleon Bonaparte
Diana Pérez
Ramona
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the fifth of fourteen Sharpe TV films shot over five years, with Bean and O'Malley appearing in every single one.
The series made Bernard Cornwell's novels a British institution, though Americans mostly know him for 'The Last Kingdom' — Sharpe walked so Uhtred could run.
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