One Man's Hero (1999)

121 min · Action, Drama, Historie, Western film, action film, drama film, historical film, romance film, war film

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Directors

Lance Hool

Cast

Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida, Mark Moses, Stuart Graham, Stephen Tobolowsky, James Gammon

The story

Winfield Scott, Chief Commanding Officer of the U.S. Army, orders that 16 Irish immigrant soldiers be illegally whipped for "desertion" after they are caught entering Mexico to attend Catholic religious services. Sgt.

Catalogue themes and tags

1840s, Defeat, Deserter, Diskriminerung, Emigranten, Flucht, Group, Iren, Katholizismus, Kriminalfälle, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Officer, Protestant Church, United States–Mexico Barrier, War

Genres

Action, Drama, Historie, Western film, action film, drama film, historical film, romance film, war film

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