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.

Flying Kiwi (1979)

Actors: Siegfried Rauch (actor), George Henare (actor), Ian Warren (producer), Peter Nicoll (actor), Gerban Ceth (producer), Gerban Ceth (director), Estelle Woods (actress), Anthony Blackett (actor), Richard Sparks (writer), Judy Stairmand (actor),

Genres: Family,

The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)

Actors: James Payne (miscellaneous crew), Glyn Houston (actor), Duncan Lamont (actor), James Payne (actor), Oliver Reed (actor), John Gilling (writer), John Gilling (director), Anthony Nelson Keys (producer), Pauline Harlow (miscellaneous crew), Sean Lynch (actor), Ronald Lewis (actor), Tom Simpson (editor), Jeremy Burnham (actor), Yvonne Romain (actress), Don Banks (composer),

Genres: Adventure,
Taglines: His Plundering Army of Bandit Raiders Sweeps to Glory Across the Plains of India!

One Way Out (1955)

Actors: Francis Searle (director), Arthur Lowe (actor), Ian Wilson (actor), Eddie Byrne (actor), Arthur Howard (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Doreen Dearnaley (miscellaneous crew), Maurice Rootes (editor), Lyndon Brook (actor), John Chandos (actor), Jill Adams (actress), John Temple-Smith (producer), John Temple-Smith (writer), Ryck Rydon (actor), Anne Valery (actress),

Plot: As he is about to retire, a police officer discovers that his daughter is mixed up with a criminal gang and is about to go to prison for a crime she didn't commit. Against his better judgment, he comes up with a plan to keep her from going to prison.

Keywords: police
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery,

Quotes:

Leslie Parrish: She's dead?::Danvers: She's not playing hunt the slipper.