Volunteers (1985)
Overview
After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $10,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $19,875,740.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 9.9 |
Directed By
Nicholas Meyer
Crew
Nicholas Meyer
Keith Critchlow
Ric Waite
Gary Alexander
Chris Jenkins
Robert Glass
Lon Bender
Robert Easton
Claude Hitchcock
Wylie Stateman
Dan M. Rich
Elie Cohn
Heriberto Cárdenas
Elliott Koretz
Lorna Anderson
Salvador 'Apache' Serrano
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Else Blangsted
Joe Gilbert
Randy Kelley
Stan Gilbert
Jim Weidman
Terry Lynn Allen
Ray Mercer Jr.
Brian Ralph
Leo J. Napolitano
Jorge Sainz
Laurencio Cordero
Alfredo Ruvalcaba
Claude King
David Isaacs
Ken Levine
James Horner
Kane Hodder
Carl Boles
Ellie Mite
BJ Davis
Paul Staples
Denny Arnold
Rob King
Alan Marcus
Wayne King Sr.
Dianne L. Wilson
John Barrett
Theodore R. Parvin
Steve Polivka
Del Armstrong
Joyce Robinson
James L. Schoppe
Richard Shepherd
Allan A. Apone
Penny Ellers
Ronald Roose
José Rodríguez Granada
Walter F. Parkes
Alberto López
Josefina Mendoza
Raúl Esquivel
Esperanza Gómez
TOP CAST
Tom Hanks
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy
Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson
Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson
John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe
At Toon
George Plimpton
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada
Chung Mee
Allan Arbus
Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley
Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cicero
Jacqueline Evans
Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual
Tammy the Stewardess
Chick Hearn
Announcer
Virginia Kiser
Evelyn Bourne
Clyde Kusatsu
Souvanna
Jude Mussetter
Bootsy Winder
Carlos Romano
Beatty
Duncan Ross
Noble
Shakti Chen
Lucille
Professor Toru Tanaka
Sumo Guard
Guillermo Río
Sumo Guard
Lonnie Wun
Sumo Guard
Harry Yorku
Al Pe
Doris Day
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rock Hudson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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