Volunteers

Volunteers (1985)

Ready or not, here they come.

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.

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  • Release Date: 1985-08-16
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Director: Nicholas Meyer

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  • Trailer

    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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