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Volunteers (1985)
- R
- 08/16/1985 (US)
- Comedy
- 1h 47m
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.
Keith Critchlow
StoryNicholas Meyer
DirectorDavid Isaacs
ScreenplayKen Levine
ScreenplayCast
![Tom Hanks's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/eKF1sGJRrZJbfBG1KirPt1cfNd3.jpg)
Tom Hanks
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III![John Candy's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/fV3ToInjF83VdNxMBTpRpSrDZsx.jpg)
John Candy
Tom Tuttle![Rita Wilson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/6dK0DOJYWfjhAJMvRepwMm6rXzm.jpg)
Rita Wilson
Beth Wexler![Tim Thomerson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/dCqpmO9nDA07NYSdyQF5JYnmxpL.jpg)
Tim Thomerson
John Reynolds![Gedde Watanabe's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/4uI6QEicUA0cR5suA0B2bEM7JBt.jpg)
Gedde Watanabe
At Toon![George Plimpton's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/5BwaQxf1GN6aukJcvvCVeh07o3k.jpg)
George Plimpton
Lawrence Bourne Jr.Ernest Harada
Chung Mee![Allan Arbus's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/tsQdkA9Fm7sVvvBt6C8StnLtkJr.jpg)