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Feature film — 2006

Sharpe's Challenge (2006)

6.22h 18mWar — Action — Adventure — History — TV Movie

Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General's daughter lie in one man's hands...

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A high-signal pick with 41 votes.

Celtic Films Entertainment / Picture Palace

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Director: Tom Clegg

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Cast & crew

Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe

Sean Bean

Richard Sharpe

Padma Lakshmi as Madhuvanthi

Padma Lakshmi

Madhuvanthi

Daragh O'Malley as Sgt. Harper

Daragh O'Malley

Sgt. Harper

Toby Stephens as Dodd

Toby Stephens

Dodd

Lucy Brown as Celia Burroughs

Lucy Brown

Celia Burroughs

Michael Cochrane as Simmerson

Michael Cochrane

Simmerson

Hugh Fraser as Wellington

Hugh Fraser

Wellington

Nicholas Blane as Crosby

Nicholas Blane

Crosby

Michael Elwyn as Rawlinson

Michael Elwyn

Rawlinson

Lex Shrapnel as Lawrence

Lex Shrapnel

Lawrence

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Peter Symonds

Burroughs

Peter-Hugo Daly as Sergeant Shadrach Bickerstaff

Peter-Hugo Daly

Sergeant Shadrach Bickerstaff

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