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Platoon Leader (1988)
Directed by Aaron Norris
“War is hell. This was worse...”
Drama, War, Action · 1h 37m
West Point graduate lieutenant Jeff Knight meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant Michael McNamara's tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese trench camp. Unlike his predecessor, who hid till the end of his tour, Jeff takes charge, experiences the manual doesn't allow coping with all realities and gets wounded. He returns, now fully respect by men and superiors. Besides the Vietcong, the platoon wrestles with the inscrutable villagers, which the G.I.'s officially protect, but also fear as some collaborate with them, other covertly with the Cong, either way subject to bloody reprisals.
Cast
Michael Dudikoff
Lt. Jeff Knight
Robert F. Lyons
Sgt. Michael McNamara
Michael DeLorenzo
Raymond Bacera
Jesse Dabson
Joshua Parker
Rick Fitts
Sgt. Robert Hayes
Tony Pierce
Jan Shultz
D
Daniel Demorest
Duffy
Brian Libby
Sgt. Roach
Michael Rider
Pvt. Don Pike
William Smith
Major Flynn
A
Al Karaki
Kemp
E
Evan J. Klisser
Larsen
Crew
- Director
- Aaron Norris
- Screenplay
- David L. Walker, Rick Marx, Andrew Deutsch
- Director of Photography
- Arthur Wooster
- Original Music Composer
- George S. Clinton
- Editor
- Michael J. Duthie
- Producer
- Harry Alan Towers
Details
- Release date
- 1988-10-01
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, War, Action
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- The Cannon Group, Breton Film Productions