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One Man's Hero

1999, Movie, R, 121 mins

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Though director Lance Hool lacks the visual imagination historical epics demand, he manages the basics of relating a stirring, true-life anti-war tale that contrasts the quixotic nature of heroism with the practical side of patriotism. Set in the 1840s, the film examines the consequences of the US Army's practice of importing and training Irishmen fleeing the potato famine to fill the ranks of troops waging war with Mexico. Known as the Saint Patrick's Brigade or San Patricia... read more leave a comment
Year: 1999
Rated R

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Cast
Tom Berenger: Sgt. John Riley
Daniela Romo: Marta
Joaquin De Almeida: Cortina
Patrick Bergin: General Winfield Scott
Don Wycherley: Brian Athlone
Stuart Graham: Corporal Kenneally

 

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