One Man's Hero

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One Man's Hero

Release Date: August 02, 1999

Year	:	1999
Slogan	:	«One man's hero is another man's traitor.»
Genres	:	Western, Action, Drama, History
Production Companies	:	Televisa S.A. de C.V., Arco Films S.L, Hool/Macdonald Productions, Filmax, Silver Lion Films, Producciones San Patricia
Director	:	Lance Hool
Producers	:	Mary Jo Slater, Jaime Comas Gil, Conrad Hool, William J. MacDonald, Bruce H. Newberg, Joseph Brad Kluge, Paul L. Newman
Writers	:	Milton S. Gelman
RunTime	:	121 mins.

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