One Man's Hero

Release Date:

Aug 2, 1999

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:01

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Lance Hool

Cast:

Tom Berenger	Sgt./Lt./Capt. John Riley
Joaquim de Almeida	Cortina
Daniela Romo	Marta
Mark Moses	Col. Benton Lacy
Stuart Graham	Cpl. Kenneally
James Gammon	Gen. Zachary Taylor
Stephen Tobolowsky	Capt. Gaine
Carlos Carrasco	Dominguez
Patrick Bergin	Gen. Winfield Scott
Don Wycherley	Brian Athlone
Jorge Bosso	Col. Maximo Nexor
Guy De Saint Cyr	Lasher
Luke Hayden	Seamus McDougherty
Brett Hool	Army Recruiter
Jason Hool	Peter O'Neil, San Patricios Cannoneer
Perla De La Rosa	Juno
Steve Leone	John Daly
Luis Lorenzo	Padre Varga
Wolf Muser	Cpl. Schultz
Rodolfo de Anda	Gen. Ampudia
Roger Cudney	Col. Harney
Gregg Fitzgerald	Paddy Noonan
Vanessa Bauche	Flor
Fernando Elizondo	2nd Guerilla

Producers:

Conrad Hool , Lance Hool , William J. Macdonald , Paul J. Newman

Writers:

Milton S. Gelman

Language:

English

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In 1848, Jon Riley heads a group of Irish-born Roman Catholic soldiers in the U.S. Army. The group faces religious prejudice in the predominantly Protestant military. In the midst of the war against Mexico, Riley and some of his fellow soldiers go to a Catholic church and are cruelly punished as a result. Because of this, they defect to the Mexican Army, where they meet guerrilla leader Cortina, with whom they forge an unlikely bond.

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