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 Pierre Ducos.

• DirectorTom Clegg
• Release1 June 1994
• Genre
  War / History
• Duration1h 30m
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• Rate
  

  6.953
  32 reviews
• Productions

  Celtic Films Entertainment, ITV Central, Picture Palace