France, 1813. Wellington orders Sharpe to join the dashing colonel Brand on a hazardous journey behind French enemy lines with the aim of blowing up an ammunition store. Sharpe's wife Jane becomes disillusioned with Sharpe's frequent absences. Left behind in the camp, she warms to the attentions of another admirer. Meanwhile, Sharpe is out in the mountains and is dangerously outnumbered, with with the French ranks closing in. He must risk his own life, however, to confront a far deadlier enemy on his own side.

Sean Bean
as Major Richard Sharpe

Daragh O'Malley
as Sergeant Major Patrick Harper

Abigail Cruttenden
as Jane Sharpe

James Laurenson
as Major General Hector Ross

Hugh Fraser
as Field Marshal The Most Honorable Arthur Wellesley, The Marquess of Wellington

Mark Strong
as Colonel Brand

Andrew Schofield
as Sergeant Pope

Nigel Betts
as Major Septimus Pyecroft

Warren Saire
as Clarence Shellington

John Tams
as Rifleman Daniel Hagman