The 317th Platoon

The 317th Platoon
Directed byPierre Schoendoerffer
Written byPierre Schoendoerffer
Produced byGeorges de Beauregard
Benito Perojo
StarringJacques Perrin
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
Edited byArmand Psenny
Music byPierre Jansen
Gregorio García Segura
Release date
  • 31 March 1965 (1965-03-31)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$66,000[1]
Box office1,653,827 admissions (France)[2]

The 317th Platoon (French: La 317ème section) is a 1965 French black-and-white war film set during the First Indochina War (1946–54) written and directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. The film was based on Schoendoerffer's 1963 novel of the same name.

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