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One Man's Hero
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Runtime
121 min
Status
Released
Language
EN
Popularity
3.91
Director
Lance Hool
Writers
Milton S. Gelman

One Man's Hero

1999 Rated R · ⭐ 5.5 · Votes: 18
“One man's hero is another man's traitor.”
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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