Platoon Leader
Platoon Leader
Release: 1988-10-01
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 5.5
Drama
War
Action
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Cannon Group
Breton Film Productions
Cast
Michael DeLorenzo
as Raymond Bacera
Jesse Dabson
as Joshua Parker
Tony Pierce
as Jan Shultz
André Jacobs
as Captain Davies
Dean Raphael Ferrandini
as Medic
Robert F. Lyons
as Sgt. Michael McNamara
Rick Fitts
as Sgt. Robert Hayes
Brian Libby
as Sgt. Roach
Michael Dudikoff
as Lt. Jeff Knight
Michael Rider
as Pvt. Don Pike
William Smith
as Major Flynn
