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Audiences rate it 36 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Metacritic24/100
Audiences rate it 36 points higher than critics do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Milton S. GelmanWriter
- Lance HoolDirector
- Ernest TroostOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tom BerengerCaptain John Riley
- Joaquim de AlmeidaCortina
- Daniela RomoMarta
- Mark MosesCol. Benton Lacy
- Stuart GrahamCorporal Kenneally
- Gregg FitzgeraldPaddy Noonan
- Don WycherleyBrian Athlone
- Wolf MuserCpl. Schultz
- Luke HaydenSeamus McDougherty
- Ilia VolokDaniel Grzbalski
- Patrick BerginGeneral Winfield Scott
- James GammonGeneral Zachary Taylor