One Man's Hero
Summary: John Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army.
Runtime: 2 h 01 min
MPAA: R
Production: Silver Lion Films
Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 11,350,000
Domestic: $ 240,067
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