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Volunteers

(1985)





Director:
Nicholas Meyer

Plot:

Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with 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.

Cast:
Tom HanksLawrence Whatley Bourne III
John CandyTom Tuttle
Rita WilsonBeth Wexler
Tim ThomersonJohn Reynolds
Gedde WatanabeAt Toon
George PlimptonLawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest HaradaChung Mee
Allan ArbusAlbert Bardenaro
Xander BerkeleyKent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu CumbukaCicero (as Ji-Tu Cumbaka)
Guillermo RíoSumo Guard (as Guillermo del Rio)
Jacqueline EvansAunt Eunice
Pamela GualTammy the Stewardess
Philip GuilmantYale President (as Phillip Giulmant)
Chick HearnAnnouncer
Virginia KiserEvelyn Bourne
Clyde KusatsuSouvanna
Jude MussetterBootsy Winder
Carlos RomanoBeatty
Duncan RossNoble
Shakti ChenLucille (as Shakti)
Professor Toru TanakaSumo Guard
Lonnie WunSumo Guard
Harry YorkuAl Pe
Doris DayHerself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rock HudsonHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. KennedyHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn MonroeHerself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Writing By:

Keith Critchlow(story)
Ken Levine(screenplay) and
David Isaacs(screenplay)

Produced By:

Walter F. Parkesproducer
Theodore R. Parvinassociate producer
Richard Shepherdproducer




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