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15 July 2006 (USA) morePlot:
Sharpe is tasked to protect the most important spy in Lord Wellington's network, but domestic issues, a traumatized young girl, and possible French spies all threaten his success. | add synopsisAwards:
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Read the book instead more (9 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sean Bean | ... | Sharpe |
 | Daragh O'Malley | ... | Harper |
| John Tams | ... | Hagman |
| Jason Salkey | ... | Harris |
 | Emily Mortimer | ... | Lass |
| Patrick Fierry | ... | Leroux |
 | James Purefoy | ... | Spears |
| Stephen Moore | ... | Berkeley |
 | Hugh Ross | ... | Mungo Munro |
| Michael Cochrane | ... | Sir Henry Simmerson |
| John Kavanagh | ... | Father Curtis |
 | Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Don Felipe |
| Diana Perez | ... | Ramona |
| Pat Laffan | ... | Connelly |
| Walter McMonagle | ... | Father O'Sullivan |
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Author Bernard Cornwell named his hero Richard Sharpe after a famous British rugby player; the character of Leroux, his nemesis, was named after a South African player who broke Sharpe's ankle during a game. moreQuotes:
Father Curtis: If he were a dog, I'd shoot him. But God in his mercy is sending him a fever: soon he'll feel nothing. He'll be dead by dawn. moreSoundtrack:
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I read the "Sharpe" books before they were adapted for televison, and although it is difficult to faithfully convey a novel in a two hour TV movie the adapatation of "Sharpe's Sword" disappointed.
As with the other films the backdrop is the Napoleonic War, however the whole point of the story is Richard Sharpe's desire to possess the sword of his deadly foe, and, the bond between Sharpe and Harper. The film totally fails to convey any of the emotions of the two characters; Sharpe and his consuming passion to own the Klingethal and Harper's, when halfway through it appears that Sharpe will die of injuries sustained in a swordfight.
The film becomes just another boys own adventure in the Sharpe series which is fine on one level but totally misses the point of the story
Enjoy the film for what it is but I encourage you to read the book.