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Sharpe's Peril. Sharpe's Peril is a 2008 British TV film, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell 's historical fiction novels about the English soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike most parts of the TV series, Sharpe's Peril and the preceding Sharpe's Challenge are not based on ...
Apr 4, 2010 · Sharpe's Peril: Directed by Tom Clegg. With Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Michael Cochrane, Velibor Topic. Sharpe is asked by the governor to perform one last task while in India.
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is the sixteenth TV movie based on the Sharpe series.
This movie begins immediately after the events of Sharpe's Challenge.
Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras for the trip home when Sharpe is asked to accompany a young lady through to meet an East India Company traveling through hostile territory. He reluctantly agrees to escort Marie-Angelique Bonnet (Beatrice Rosen) to the hill fort of Kalimgong, where her fiancé is stationed. They encounter a train heading to Madras, made up of soldiers from the King's and the East India Company's armies, commanded by the young Ensign Beauclere (Luke Ward-Wilkinson), engineer Major Tredinnick (David Robb), and Subedar Pillai (Rajesh Khattar). When the train is attacked, the Subedar is gravely wounded and with no one more qualified, Sharpe is forced to take command. Arriving at Kalimgong, Sharpe and Harper find the entire garrison dead, with the exception of General Sir Henry Simmerson (Michael Cochran). They leave the fort behind and eventually find themselves facing a force that wishes to destroy them. Sharpe must once more go into battle.
Sharpe's Peril is not based on one of Cornwell's novels.
•Sean Bean - Col. Richard Sharpe
•Daragh O'Malley - Patrick Harper
•Michael Cochrane - Simmerson
•Velibor Topic - Dragomirov
•Beatrice Rosen - Marie Angelique
•Raza Jaffrey - Lance Naik Singh
Director: Tom Clegg Writers: Bernard Cornwell (characters), Russell Lewis (screenplay)
Released in 2008, this was the last of the 16 Sharpe movies for television.
Sharpe's Peril, by Russell Lewis, takes up where Sharpe's Challenge left off. Sharpe and Harper are on their way to Madras, from where they are to sail to England, when they come upon an East India Company baggage train, also making its way to Madras. The party - which includes among its number a heavily pregnant woman and a headstrong French ...
Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs, Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy ...
SHARPE and HARPER's arrival in camp does not go unnoticed amongst the soldiers and civilians alike -- PVTs.Noah CROOP, (late 40s), a runty twist of grumbling humanity - formerly a thief; Joshua QUILTER, (30s) a malingering, wall-eyed drunkard; Daniel DEEVER (30s), immensely powerfully built, his African-American father fought with distinction for the British at Lexington – take a particular interest.
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Nov 2, 2008 · Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these ...
