Sharpe's Enemy (1994)

Title: Sharpe's Enemy
Released: 1994
Genre: Action / War
Country: UK
Language: English

Plot Summary: Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Duclos.

Comments: Oncer again, Sharpe's Enemy allows our hero Richard Sharpe, along with his Rifles in support, to save the day. A somewhat contrived plot does not help, but some excellent acting saves the day. Not, one might add, from a certain Liz Hurley! The tragic events towards the end add a poignancy to the Sharpe series that had not really been present before, although this is superbly counter-balanced by the humour of Sharpe's promotion.

Cast overview:
Sean Bean .... Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley .... Patrick Harper
Hugh Fraser .... Wellington
Michael Byrne .... Nairn
Pete Postlethwaite .... Hakeswill
Assumpta Serna .... Teresa
Jeremy Child .... Sir Augustus Farthingale
Elizabeth Hurley .... Lady Isabella Farthingdale
Helena Michell .... Sarah Dubreton
Tony Haygarth .... Pot Au Fe
Michael Mears .... Cooper
John Tams .... Hagman
Jason Salkey .... Harris
Lyndon Davies .... Perkins
Philip Whitchurch .... Frederickson

Movie scenes preview:
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Scene Description: Elizabeth Hurley unbuttoning her dress and briefly exposing her nice breasts as a guy looks on.

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