Platoon
- Release Date
- December 19, 1986
- Director
- Oliver Stone
- Cast
- Keith David , Forest Whitaker , Francesco Quinn , Kevin Dillon , John C. McGinley , Reggie Johnson
- Runtime
- 120
- Main Genre
- Action
- Studio
- Hemdale Film Corporation
- Writers
- Oliver Stone
- Tagline
- The first casualty of war is innocence.
Summary
A gritty and emotional look at the lives of a platoon of American soldiers as they patrol, fight and die in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the perspective of a young recruit. Two veteran sergeants clash when one of them precipitates a massacre of villagers.
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