Platoon (film) the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1987; it also won Best Director for Oliver Stone, as well as Best Sound and Best Film Editing. In 1998, the American Film Institute placed "Platoon" at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies" poll. In 1967, U.S. Army volunteer Chris Taylor arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon of the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border. The platoon is officially led by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant Wolfe, but in reality the soldiers defer to two of his older and more experienced subordinates: the hardened and
Charles Barton (director) Tyler". He directed every episode of the Amos 'n' Andy show at Hal Roach Studios for CBS, from 1950 to 1954, and episodes of the Ray Milland television series, "Meet Mr. McNutley" from 1953-1955. Barton also directed 106 episodes of the CBS television sitcom Family Affair from 1967 to 1971. Barton was married to actress/singer Julie Gibson from 1973 until his death from a heart attack in 1981. Charles Barton (director) Charles Barton (May 25, 1902December 5, 1981) was a film and vaudeville actor and film director. He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933. His first film