Volunteers
1985
1h 47min
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?
Storyline
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?
Released
16 August 1985
Runtime
1h 47min
Director
Budget
$10,000,000
Revenue
$19,875,740
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
HBO Films, Silver Screen Partners
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
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doris Day
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Glenn
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rock Hudson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mao Zedong
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John XXIII.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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