Volunteers (1985)

08/16/1985 (US) • 1h 47m

Comedy

Ready or not, here they come.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Tom Hanks

Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

John Candy

Tom Tuttle

Rita Wilson

Beth Wexler

Tim Thomerson

John Reynolds

George Plimpton

Lawrence Bourne Jr.

Ernest Harada

Chung Mee

Allan Arbus

Albert Bardenaro

Xander Berkeley

Kent Sutcliffe


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000.00

Revenue

$19,875,740.00

Keywords

naivety

central intelligence agency (cia)

gambling

cold war

asia

village

thailand

bridge

spoiled child

product placement

yale university

wealth

wealthy

debt

brainwashing

communism

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