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Platoon Leader

1988 film directed by Aaron Norris
Movie film Q4229150
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Summary

Platoon Leader is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (663 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Aaron Norris[3]
  • Screenwriter: Harry Alan Towers[4]
  • Composer: George S. Clinton[5]
  • Genre: action film[6]
  • Based on: Platoon Leader[7]
  • Cast member: Michael Dudikoff[8], Robert F. Lyons[9], Michael DeLorenzo[10], William Smith[11]
  • Producer: Harry Alan Towers[12]
  • Director of photography: Arthur Wooster[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1988[17]
  • Distributed by: The Cannon Group[18], Netflix[19]
  • Narrative location: Vietnam[20]
  • Main subject: Vietnam War[21]
  • Title: Platoon Leader[22]
  • Duration: 97 minutes[23]
  • Set in environment: jungle[24]
  • P14449: 130208[25]
  • P14462: amzn1.dv.gti.bd5c0d37-486b-41c5-be35-70fb92b064f7[26], amzn1.dv.gti.936956b7-f27d-4f0a-b77c-0cba9305bfee[27]
  • P14724: 11025038[28]

Why It Matters

Platoon Leader has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

film Michael Dudikoff Netflix The Cannon Group United States Vietnam

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 11025038
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ja', 'ko', 'pt',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 11025038, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302024035|Platoon Leader (#302024035)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (f"
  2. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → Vietnam War
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Main subject: Vietnam War, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787990158345"
  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 18489
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 18489, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269268|batch #269268]]"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 130208
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
  5. 17w ago · Reubot · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14462 → amzn1.dv.gti.bd5c0d37-486b-41c5-be35-70fb92b064f7, amzn1.dv.gti.936956b7-f27d-4f0a-b77c-0cba9305bfee
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14462: amzn1.dv.gti.936956b7-f27d-4f0a-b77c-0cba9305bfee, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259790|batch #259790]]"
  6. 18w ago · Reubot · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Screenwriter → Harry Alan Towers
    Director of photography → Arthur Wooster
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14462: amzn1.dv.gti.bd5c0d37-486b-41c5-be35-70fb92b064f7, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259507|batch #259507]]"
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