Sharpe: The Legend

Oct 13, 1997

1h 30m

★ 5.0

Overview

Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer who took him to hell and back. The narrator is Rifleman Cooper, and the officer whose fame he recalls is the legendary Richard Sharpe.

Genres

War

Action

Adventure

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Celtic Films Entertainment

Picture Palace

Sharpe: The Legend Trailers

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Cast

Richard Sharpe

Sean Bean

Vivar

Simón Andreu

Lennox

David Aston

Ducos

Féodor Atkine

Prince of Orange

Paul Bettany

Dobbs

Paul Bigley

Don Moreno

Peter Birrel

Pakenham

Mark Burns

Nairn

Michael Byrne

Josefina

Katia Caballero

Catherine

Amira Casar

Price

Scott Cleverdon

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