---
title: 'One Man''s Hero (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lance Hool'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Spain'
  - 'Mexico'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-mans-hero-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120775/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# One Man's Hero (1999)

1999 · 123 min · Drama, Western, Action, War, Romance · United States, Spain, Mexico


## Synopsis

One Man's Hero is a 1999 historical war drama film directed and produced by Lance Hool and starring Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Romo, and Patrick Bergin. It dramatizes 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lance Hool](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-hool)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ernest Troost](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-troost)
- **Producer:** [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman), [William J. MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-j-macdonald)
- **Director of Photography:** [João R. Fernandes](https://cinepixo.com/people/joao-r-fernandes)
- **Editor:** [Mark Conte](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-conte)

## Cast

- [Daniela Romo](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniela-romo)
- [Mark Moses](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-moses)
- [Wolf Muser](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-muser)
- [James Gammon](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gammon) as Zachary Taylor
- [Joaquim de Almeida](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquim-de-almeida)
- [Stuart Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-graham)
- [Carlos Carrasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-carrasco)
- [Don Wycherley](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-wycherley)
- [Ilia Volok](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilia-volok)
- [Stephen Tobolowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-tobolowsky)
- [Patrick Bergin](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-bergin) as Winfield Scott
- [Albert II, Prince of Monaco](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-ii-prince-of-monaco)
- [Tom Berenger](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-berenger) as John Riley
- [Vanessa Bauche](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-bauche)

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