Sharpe's Justice (1997)

Actors: Tony Haygarth (actor), Keith Palmer (editor), Sean Bean (actor), Philip Glenister (actor), Tom Clegg (director), John Tams (writer), Douglas Henshall (actor), John Tams (actor), Daragh O'Malley (actor), Malcolm Craddock (producer), Richard Bremmer (actor), Alexis Denisof (actor), Muir Sutherland (producer), Caroline Langrishe (actress), Sean O'Kane (actor),

Plot: Napoleon has been exiled to Elba, the English have returned from the wars, and Major Richard Sharpe finds himself in a sort of exile to lead a company of Yorkshire Yeomen. His duties include protecting mill owners from restless workers who are on the verge of strike or outright revolt. Meanwhile, Sharpe's faithless wife and her lover fall within range of Sharpe's wrath. Sharpe, with his two of his devoted Chosen Men nearby, must decide whether to continue to protect the mill owners or to take the side of their fiercely downtrodden workers.

Keywords: 1800s, british-army, fictional-biography, half-brother, homecoming, industrial-revolution, labor-dispute, mill, payroll, sequel
Genres: Adventure, Drama,

Quotes:

Patrick Harper: [On hearing about Sharpe's new commission to Yorkshire] Sure... Who's there to fight in Yorkshire?::Richard Sharpe: Englishmen, I suppose.::Patrick Harper: It's not all bad news, then.

Parfitt: [after meeting Sharpe for the first time] What d'you think of him, George?::Wickham: Rides like a peasant, dresses like a peasant, eats like a peasant. Fights like the devil.

Sharpe's Revenge (1997)

Actors: Féodor Atkine (actor), Keith Palmer (editor), Sean Bean (actor), John Benfield (actor), Paul Brooke (actor), Leon Lissek (actor), James Laurenson (actor), John Tams (composer), Dominic Muldowney (composer), Tom Clegg (director), Daragh O'Malley (actor), Robin Fraser-Paye (costume designer), Malcolm Craddock (producer), Alexis Denisof (actor), Muir Sutherland (producer),

Plot: The war has ended but Jane,wearying of army life,is tricked by a greedy friend into returning to London and spending her husband's money. Meanwhile Sharpe is set up by defeated Major Ducos and charged with stealing the French imperial treasure. He is put on trial but escapes with Harper and Fredrickson and sets out to find the honest Major Maillot who was coerced into signing the false accusation. Ducos's men have Maillot shot but his widowed sister Lucille hides Sharpe whilst Fredrickson tracks down former foe General Calvet. Calvet allies with Sharpe to hunt down Ducos and regain the treasure. But Jane,now foolishly involved with fortune hunter Rossendale,may be harder to recapture.

Keywords: apostrophe-in-title, based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, napoleonic-wars, punctuation-in-title, sequel
Genres: Action, Adventure, History, War,

Quotes:

Ducos: The war is over, Sharpe; apparently not for you.

[after Harper tells him that Jane has left him for another man, Sharpe waits about thirty seconds, then runs into the house and kicks open - literally - Lucille's bedroom door]::Richard Sharpe: Begging your pardon, ma'am. Your door was locked.

Lady Molly Spindacre: See, men are all the same.You marry them,you make a good home for them,but as soon as your back is turned,they're off to battle, and before you can say Jack Robinson, they're dead as doornails.

Calvet: How do I divide the cheese, by merit or by rank?Who gets the biggest piece?::Sharpe: You do.::Calvet: Because I am a general.::Sharpe: No, because I bloody hate cheese.

Sharpe's Waterloo (1997)

Actors: Neil Dickson (actor), Paul Bettany (actor), Keith Palmer (editor), Oliver Tobias (actor), Sean Bean (actor), John Tams (actor), Tom Clegg (director), Hugh Fraser (actor), Daragh O'Malley (actor), Martin Glyn Murray (actor), Jane Merrow (actress), Malcolm Craddock (producer), Jason Salkey (actor), Alexis Denisof (actor), Muir Sutherland (producer),

Plot: Based on the novel by Bernard Cornwell, "Sharpe's Waterloo" brings maverick British officer Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe to his last fight against the French, in June of 1815. Sharpe is assigned to the Prince of Orange's staff, and is rejoined with Sgt. Harper (retired) and riflemen Hagman and Harris at the famous battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Not only must Sharpe deal with incompetent orders from the Prince of Orange, that lead to slaughter, he confronts his wife's lover, Lord Rossendale, in the midst of battle. The film climaxes as Wellington's small army 'holds the line' against Napolean's veteran Imperial Guard.

Keywords: adventure-hero, apostrophe-in-title, army, based-on-book, based-on-novel, battle, battlefield, bayonet, blood, british-accent
Genres: Action, Adventure, History, War,

Quotes:

Richard Sharpe: [Rallying the South Essex] I'm your colours. I Am.

Wellington: The Prince of Orange. They wanted to give him command over me. Better counsel prevailed.

Prince William of Orange: It's the French. Oh my god. Now they have guns.::Wellington: Oh, they've always had guns, your royal highness. What they haven't always had is you as a target.

Prince William of Orange: Good day to you. We're fighting Boney you know. Indeed we are. This day, at the cross roads of Quartre Bras... He's been seen.::Wellington: Has he been? [disbelievingly]::Prince William of Orange: We're holding the woods I do believe... yes.::Uxbridge: Where are your men?::Prince William of Orange: Fighting... Fighting.::Uxbridge: I stand corrected, highness. I know very little about uniforms, other than me own, but I could have sworn these was yours as is running. Ain't they?::Prince William of Orange: Some of them, Lord Uxbridge, some of them. Come back here ya cowards. [as he chases after them]::Wellington: [to Uxbridge] I never mind men running as long as they come back.::Wellington: [to the retreating troups] My lads, you look blown from your run. Come, do take breath a moment. Then we will go back and try if we can do better. Take heart, soon have some guns up.::Wellington: Uxbridge.::Uxbridge: Wellington?::Wellington: When?::Uxbridge: Oh, they do come I assure you. What of the Prussians. Any word at all?::Wellington: I tell the Prussians we'll support them but only if not attacked here. They'll have to fight without us today.::Wellington: [distant cannon sounds] Listen. There. The Prussians have started before us.::Prince William of Orange: [the Prince has returned to the group and Sharpe has joined them] Sharpe, you hear those guns, Sharpe? Far off. That's the Prussians pasting up the French. Do you hear it. Listen.::Prince William of Orange: [an explosion near the Prince] It's the French. My God, now they have guns.::Wellington: Oh, they've always had guns your royal highness. What they haven't always had is you as a target.::Richard Sharpe: [chuckles]::Wellington: [to Uxbridge] If your corp is coming up as you assure me; how close do you think they are. I want them clear that road, I want it hansom arranged with guns.::Uxbridge: Very close.::Wellington: How close?::Uxbridge: Close. Coming up. [as he turns about to look for them]

Doggett: [to the Prince of Orange] You, sir, are a silk stocking full of shit.

Wellington: Your Regiment, Sharpe!::Richard Sharpe: Prince of... South Essex! ADVANCE! [regiment walks off towards the French] South Essex Charge!

Rebeque: [Rebeque is talking to Sharpe about the Prince of Orange and his whores, when there is large bang] That's his boots!

Doggett: [on the Prince of Orange] He did it again. How many more men will he kill? That's my commission gone to the blazes I dare say, but it had to be said.::Richard Sharpe: [choking with grief] Daniel Hagman... Harris... He won't kill anymore!::Patrick Harper: [to Doggett] Oh now you have caused trouble! [rides after Sharpe]

Doggett: [to the Prince of Orange] You did it again! Colonel Sharpe said you would do it again, and you did! All those men dead because you wanted to get out? You coward!::Rebeque: Doggett! His Royal Highness cannot be called a coward.::Doggett: No, dammnit. No, not cowardice, not that. Just so he can dance and prance, and make high cockalorum, while men die? Horribly? It is too much, I declare, too much! I shall say it!::Doggett: [after a second] You sir, are a silk stocking full of shit!

Hagman: Harris?::Harris: Hm?::Hagman: What's your first name?

Sharpe: The Legend (1997)

Actors: Mark Strong (actor), Sean Bean (actor), Nicholas Farrell (actor), Pete Postlethwaite (actor), Féodor Atkine (actor), Julian Fellowes (actor), Simón Andreu (actor), Michael Byrne (actor), Scott Cleverdon (actor), Paul Bettany (actor), Brian Cox (actor), Daniel Craig (actor), Neil Dickson (actor), Marc Warren (actor), Oliver Tobias (actor),

Genres: Drama, War,

Sharpe's Regiment (1996)

Actors: Julian Fellowes (actor), Sean Bean (actor), Nicholas Farrell (actor), Norman Rossington (actor), John Savident (actor), Keith Palmer (editor), Michael Cochrane (actor), James Laurenson (actor), Alexander Armstrong (actor), Tom Clegg (director), John Tams (actor), Dominic Muldowney (composer), John Tams (composer), Daragh O'Malley (actor), Robin Fraser-Paye (costume designer),

Plot: Sharpe is horrified to be told that his regiment,the South Essex,is to be disbanded and discovers a plot whereby corrupt war minister Fenner and other high ranking militarists auction off soldiers privately,keeping the profits but still claiming on paper that the regiments exist. Having gained the ear of the eccentric Prince of Wales who orders Fenner to give him a new regiment Sharpe is now in danger from Fenner and he and Harper survive an attempt to kill them. Putting it about that they are dead they enlist,using assumed names,in the South Essex,falling foul of vicious Sergeant Lynch and paranoid Colonel Girdwood who abuse the naive young recruits. After Harper is ordered to be shot he and Sharpe escape,helped by Jane Gibbons,whose sadistic,corrupt uncle Simmerson,who also benefits by the auction scam,intends to marry her to Girdwood. Jane knows that her uncle keeps a ledger containing all the illegal transactions,which Sharpe must obtain to bring down the miscreants. Just when it looks as if he and Jane have failed help comes from an unexpected quarter and, as a result, Sharpe's battalion is restored on the prince's orders and Sharpe and Jane are engaged.

Keywords: adventure-hero, attack, based-on-book, based-on-novel, battle, battlefield, bayonet, behind-enemy-lines, british, british-accent
Genres: Action, Adventure, History, War,

Quotes:

Harper: [after Sharpe has faked their deaths] So, er, what do we do with ourselves now that we're no more?

Lady Anne Camoynes: Mister Sharpe, you are most remiss.

Charlie Weller: [speaking about the French] Then they must be quaking in terror!::Major Richard Sharpe: Oh they are, Charlie. They know they face us!

[repeated line]::Sgt. Lynch: Filth!

Prince Regent: How'd you do?::Major Richard Sharpe: [nervous] Eh?... Your Majesty...::Prince Regent: What d'you say? What d'you say? Did you say 'eh'? [turns to entourage] He said 'eh'! [he and entourage laugh]::Prince Regent: What are you doing in rifle green if you're South Essex? Ain't they red?::Major Richard Sharpe: Y-yes sir, your majesty sir...::Prince Regent: [beckons Sharpe forward] Come up, come up. [Sharpe approaches] Now look Sharpe! [he laughs] May I call you Dick?::Major Richard Sharpe: Uh... honoured sir.::Prince Regent: Call me... well call me your royal Highness, but damn me the honour is entirely mine, Dick!

Marriott: [Sharpe has saved him from drowning after he attempts desertion; he is being pulled to shore by Sharpe] No! I must not be flogged! She will not have me! I MUST not be flogged.::Major Richard Sharpe: [Sgt. Lynch shoots Marriot, to Harper and Sharpe's shock] You will not be now.::Sgt. Major Patrick Harper: [grabs Lynch] Treachurous murdering filth! By God the fact that you're an Irishman is terrible. Terrible!

Major General Ross: Your regiment's to be broken up.::Major Richard Sharpe: What!::Major General Ross: Lord Fenner suggested your men be given to other battalions, that your colours be sent home, and that your officers either exchange their regiments, sell their commissions, or make themselves available for our disposal.

Lord Fenner: I find myself in your debt, so to speak.::Lady Anne Camoynes: Major Sharpe seems very determined.::Lord Fenner: How did he perform? Was he... churlish? Ardent? Hasty? Bruising? Grateful?

Sgt. Horatio Havercamp: Regiment. Where'd ye serve?::Major Richard Sharpe: 33rd. India.::Sgt. Horatio Havercamp: You didn't desert?::Major Richard Sharpe: I wasn't caught, so I didn't.

Major Richard Sharpe: Can I trust you Smith?::Capt. Smith: Yes. I was always uneasy. Always sir. But I'd been purchased over several times. I obtained a Captaincy I could not afford.::Major Richard Sharpe: I know what that means, Smith.