
Scripted series · CBS
Tour of Duty
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Tour of Duty actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Tour of Duty reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 58 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
198721 episodes
9.0IMDbThe first TV series about the Vietnam War, Tour of Duty focuses on a single platoon of young U.S. soldiers during their one-year tour of combat duty in Vietnam during the late 1960s. Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Joshua Maurer, Steve Akahoshi, Tony Becker, Eric Bruskotter, Stan Foster, Ramon Franco, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. and Kevin Conroy star as the infantrymen who represent diverse racial, cultural and philosophical backgrounds that must ultimately depend on one another to face enemy troops and survive in the hostile Southeast Asian terrain. Full of thrilling combat action, Tour of Duty also goes deeper to portray the dramatic human side of war and the camaraderie of the men who gave their all for their country.

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
198916 episodes
The courageous soldiers of Bravo Company are back for more action-packed fighting and riveting human drama in the second season of the landmark Vietnam series Tour Of Duty. When the platoon is transferred to the Tan Son Nhut Base outside of Saigon, it's a whole new war with different battles and new faces, including some beautiful women. Kim Delaney (TV's "CSI: Miami"), Dan Gauthier, Richard Brestoff, and Betsy Bratley join series stars Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker, Stan Foster, Ramon Franco and Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. Guest stars include Angela Bassett (How Stella Got Her Groove Back), Michael Madsen (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & @) and Malcolm Jamal-Warner (TV's "The Cosby Show"). In the second season of Tour Of Duty, the fresh-faced recruits are becoming battle-weary fighters whose personal battles are just beginning amidst the daily grind of warfare.

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
198921 episodes
The courageous soldiers of Bravo Company return for more extraordinary adventures in the third and final season of the groundbreaking Vietnam series Tour Of Duty. Joining the regular cast for the final season are John Dye (TV's "Touched By An Angel") and Kyle Chandler (TV's "Early Edition"). Special multi-episode guest stars include Lee Majors (TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"), Carl Weathers (Rocky) and Greg Germann (TV's "Ally McBeal"). The men face their toughest challenges yet when their platoon (now called Team Viking) is transferred to Camp Barnett to become part of a Special Ops unit. This season delivers extreme combat action and intense human drama focusing on issues unique to the Vietnam era: the devastating effects of chemical warfare, the massacre of Vietnamese civilians, the growing problem of heroin addiction, and the difficulties the soldiers faced returning home to a country bitterly divided by war. The powerful third season, collected on this five-disc, 21-episode set, is a fitting finale to one of the greatest war dramas ever.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Steve Duncan
Creator
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L. Travis Clark
Showrunner
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Robert Burns Clark
Writer
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Dennis Cooper
Writer
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Rick Husky
Writer
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Elia Katz
Writer
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Christian Darren
Writer
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W.K. Scott Meyer
Writer

Jim Beaver
Writer
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Steven Phillip Smith
Writer
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Steve Bello
Writer
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Brian Herskowitz
Writer

Bill L. Norton
Writer
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Bruce Reisman
Writer
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Jim Johnston
Writer
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Jerry Patrick Brown
Writer
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Brad Radnitz
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Zev BraunProducer
Writing
- Robert Burns ClarkWriter
- Dennis CooperWriter
- Steve DuncanWriter
- Rick HuskyWriter
- Elia KatzWriter
- Christian DarrenWriter
Direction
- Steve DubinDirector
- Edwin SherinDirector
- Stephen CaffreyDirector
- George KaczenderDirector
- Tommy Lee WallaceDirector
- Ronald L. SchwaryDirector
Cinematography
- Alan CasoDirector of Photography
- Stephen L. PoseyDirector of Photography
- Peter SmoklerDirector of Photography
Music
- Joseph ConlanOriginal Music Composer
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