Tom Berenger plays Teddy Roosevelt like a caffeinated bulldog in a war nobody asked for.
92 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestThis episode covers from the Battle of Las Guasimas culminating with the Battle of San Juan Hill and the regiments return home.
Explores the journey of the cavalry group led by Theodore Roosevelt in a charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War.
Acting
Berenger's Roosevelt is pure chaotic energy in spectacles.
Direction
Milius worships at the altar of military myth-making.
Practical Effects
Actual horses, actual dust, actual heatstroke probably.
Creators
John Milius, Hugh Wilson
Tom Berenger
Theodore Roosevelt
Sam Elliott
Capt. Bucky O'Neil
Gary Busey
Gen. Joseph Wheeler
Brad Johnson
Henry Nash
Illeana Douglas
Edith Roosevelt
Dale Dye
Col. Leonard Wood
Brian Keith
President William McKinley
George Hamilton
William Randolph Hearst
Holt McCallany
Sgt. Hamilton Fish
James Parks
William Tiffany
Dakin Matthews
Wadsworth, Sr.
Mark Moses
Lt. Woodbury Kane
William Katt
Edward Marshall
R. Lee Ermey
Secretary of State John Hay
Nick Chinlund
Frederick Remington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Rough Riders were mostly wealthy Ivy League athletes and cowboys—Roosevelt literally curated an Instagram-worthy squad before Instagram.
This aired on TNT in 1997, peak 'prestige miniseries as dad entertainment' era, when networks thought four hours of war was a ratings grab.
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