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One Man's Hero (1999) [R]

Release Date:
August 2, 1999

Original Title:
One Man's Hero

Alternate Titles:
El batallón de San Patricio
Herois sense pàtria
Ostatni Bohater

Genres:
Action | Drama | History | Western

Production Companies:
Arco Films S.L
Filmax
Hool/Macdonald Productions
Producciones San Patricia
Silver Lion Films
Televisa

Production Countries:
Mexico | Spain | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 121

One man's hero is another man's traitor.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Additional Photography:
Pancho Alcaine

Art Direction:
Héctor Romero

Associate Producer:
Joseph Brad Kluge
Jaime Comas Gil

Casting:
Bruce H. Newberg
Mary Jo Slater

Co-Producer:
Paul L. Newman

Costume Design:
Carol H. Beule
Matthew Jacobsen

Director:
Lance Hool

Director of Photography:
João Fernandes

Editor:
Mark Conte

Original Music Composer:
Ernest Troost

Producer:
William J. MacDonald

Production Design:
Peter Wooley

Set Decoration:
Enrique Estévez

Unit Production Manager:
Conrad Hool

Writer:
Milton S. Gelman

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