Volunteers

Volunteers

Ready or not, here they come.

19851h 47mComedy
5.5

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Overview

After graduating from Yale in 1962, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay and takes his roomie's place as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Thai Golden Triangle with two other PCVs. Will he survive two years?

Cast

Tom HanksTom HanksLawrence Whatley Bourne III
John CandyJohn CandyTom Tuttle
Rita WilsonRita WilsonBeth Wexler
Tim ThomersonTim ThomersonJohn Reynolds
Gedde WatanabeGedde WatanabeAt Toon
George PlimptonGeorge PlimptonLawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest HaradaErnest HaradaChung Mee
Allan ArbusAllan ArbusAlbert Bardenaro
Xander BerkeleyXander BerkeleyKent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu CumbukaJi-Tu CumbukaCicero
Jacqueline EvansAunt Eunice
Pamela GualTammy

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DirectorNicholas Meyer

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Details

Release DateAugust 16, 1985
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$19,875,740
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosHBO Films, Silver Screen Partners
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