| One Man's Hero | |
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| Directed by | Lance Hool |
| Written by | Milton S. Gelman |
| Produced by | Lance Hool William J. MacDonald Conrad Hool |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | João Fernandes |
| Edited by | Mark Conte |
| Music by | Ernest Troost |
Production company | Hool/Macdonald Productions |
| Distributed by | Orion Classics (US) The Kushner-Locke Company (overseas)[1] |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Countries | United States Mexico Spain |
| Language | English |
One Man's Hero is a 1999 historical war drama film directed by Lance Hool and starring Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida and Daniela Romo. The film has the distinction of being the last film released by Orion Pictures' arthouse division Orion Classics, as well as being the last Orion Pictures film, until 2013's Grace Unplugged, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer revived the Orion Pictures brand.
The film is a dramatization of the true story of John Riley and the Saint Patrick's Battalion, a group of Irish Catholic immigrants who desert the mostly Protestant U.S. Army to join the Catholic Mexican army during the Mexican–American War of 1846 to 1848.[2]
- ^ "Annual Report: The Kushner-Locke Company". Securities and Exchange Commission. 1998-09-30. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ^ Wagenen, Michael Van (2012). Remembering the Forgotten War: The Enduring Legacies of the U.S./Mexican War. Massachusetts: Univ of Massachusetts Press. pp. 230–232. ISBN 978-1-55849-930-0.