Comedy
Volunteers
"Ready or not, here they come."
User Score177 votes
55%5.5/10
Release1985→
Runtime1H 47M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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?
Principal Cast8
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
Media18
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Director
Nicholas Meyer
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Box Office
Budget$10M
Revenue$20M
Certification
RKeywords
naivetycentral intelligence agency (cia)gamblingcold warasiavillagethailandbridgespoiled childproduct placementyale universitywealthwealthydebtbrainwashingcommunism
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Countries:United States of America
Production:HBO FilmsSilver Screen Partners