During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In order to pay the troops Wellesley needs a money draft from the banker Rothschild, but fears he has been captured by the French and sends Sharpe behind enemy lines to find him. Sharpe is given command of a platoon of crack riflemen, led by the surly Irishman Harper and including Hagman and Harris, who resent Sharpe as not being a 'proper officer'.
Sean Bean
as Richard Sharpe
Brian Cox
as Major Michael Hogan
Daragh O'Malley
as Patrick Harper
Assumpta Serna
as Comandante Teresa Moreno
David Troughton
as Sir Arthur Wellesley
John Tams
as Rifleman Daniel Hagman
Jason Salkey
as Rifleman Harris
Michael Mears
as Rifleman Francis Cooper
Julian Fellowes
as Major Dunnett
Simón Andreu
as Major Vivar
Lyndon Davies
as Rifleman Ben Perkins
Paul Trussell
as Rifleman Isaiah Tongue
