One Man's Hero (1999)
2h 1m
Running Time
August 2, 1999Release Date
One Man's Hero (1999)
2h 1m
Running Time
August 2, 1999Release Date
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Plot.
One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the Catholic faith who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ethnic prejudice in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War. The plot centers around the personal story of John Riley, an Irishman who had been a sergeant in the American Army who is commissioned as a captain in the Mexican army and commands the battalion, as he leads his men in battle and struggles with authorities on both sides of the border
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Cast & Crew.
Tom Berenger
John Riley
Joaquim de Almeida
Cortina
Daniela Romo
Marta
Mark Moses
Col. Benton Lacy
Stuart Graham
Corporal Kenneally
Gregg Fitzgerald
Paddy Noonan
Don Wycherley
Brian Athlone
Wolf Muser
Cpl. Schultz
Luke Hayden
Seamus McDougherty
Ilia Volok
Daniel Grzbalski
Patrick Bergin
General Winfield Scott
Lance Hool
Director
Lance Hool
Director
James Gammon
General Zachary Taylor
Carlos Carrasco
Dominguez
Milton S. Gelman
Writer
Conrad Hool
Producer
Stephen Tobolowsky
Captain Gaine
Dermot Martin
Seamus Fitzgerald
Mark Thomas
McFadden
William J. MacDonald
Producer
Ernest Troost
Composer
Jaime Comas Gil
Associate Producer
João Fernandes
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 2, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 1m
Content RatingR
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Wiki.
One Man's Hero is a 1999 historical war drama film directed by Lance Hool and starring Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida and Daniela Romo. The film has the distinction of being the last film released by Orion Pictures' arthouse division Orion Classics, as well as being the last Orion Pictures film, until 2013's Grace Unplugged, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer revived the Orion Pictures brand.
The film is a dramatization of the true story of John Riley and the Saint Patrick's Battalion, a group of Irish Catholic immigrants who desert the mostly Protestant U.S. Army to join the mostly Catholic Mexican side during the Mexican–American War of 1846 to 1848.