Sharpe's Gold (1995) (TV)

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writers:

Nigel Kneale (written by)
Bernard Cornwell (based on the novel by)

Release Date:

1 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | History | War

Plot:

Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for their missing husband. |

Plot Keywords:

Napoleonic Wars | Military | Sequel | Fictional Biography | Based On Novel

Cast

Sean Bean	...	Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley	...	Harper
Hugh Fraser	...	Wellington
John Tams	...	Hagman
Michael Mears	...	Cooper
Jason Salkey	...	Harris
Lyndon Davies	...	Perkins
Hugh Ross	...	Mungo Munro
Rosaleen Linehan	...	Bess Nugent
Jayne Ashbourne	...	Ellie Nugent
Peter Eyre	...	Will Nugent
Abel Folk	...	El Casco
Philip McGough	...	Provost Marshal
Ian Shaw	...	Ayres
Julian Sims	...	Barbier

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Spanish | French

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-13

Filming Locations:

Ukraine

Company:

Carlton Films

Trivia:

Screenwriter Nigel Kneale said of his adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel: "I didn't use much of [the book]. I used the first ten pages, I think. Then I had an idea which would be more fun to do. It was all about magic by the time I was through with it."

Quotes:

Lt. Ayres: [drunkenly] She's a lady, which is why she's got a lady's gun. Which is a rifle!
[sneers]
Lt. Ayres: What about that, Major Rifleman Sharpe?
Richard Sharpe: You're drunk, Mr. Ayres.
Lt. Ayres: So should you be by now. And I stick by muskets!
Provost Marshal: [disapproving] Ayres!
Ellie Nugent: Back in Ireland, I go shooting quite a lot.
Lt. Ayres: With a lady's gun!

Movie Connections:

Follows Sharpe's Honour (1994) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Rogue's March

Excellent like all the other Sharpe's adventures!

I have to disagree with onysia's comments. I enjoyed this one as much as I did all the rest of the Sharpe's episodes. I do agree with his/her comment about the "Yanks & Combs" Star Trek one though...it was truly awful...lol. So far, I have yet to see one of the Sharpe's adventures that I didn't enjoy thoroughly. The only thing I found unbelievable about Sharpe's Gold is that the renegades didn't strip the girl for the sacrifice scene...I would've...she was hot! lol. I am so glad that we discovered the Sharpe's series on BBC America...it really makes our Saturday evenings more fun. Until we saw Lord of the Rings, we didn't know who Sean Bean was, now we are confirmed fans of his...what a fine actor!