Volunteers (1985)

  • R
  • 08/16/1985 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 47m

Ready or not, here they come.

Overview

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?

Nicholas Meyer

Director

Keith Critchlow

Story

David Isaacs

Screenplay

Ken Levine

Screenplay

Cast

Tom Hanks's headshot

Tom Hanks

Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy's headshot

John Candy

Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson's headshot

Rita Wilson

Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson's headshot

Tim Thomerson

John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe's headshot

Gedde Watanabe

At Toon
George Plimpton's headshot

George Plimpton

Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada's headshot

Ernest Harada

Chung Mee
Allan Arbus's headshot

Allan Arbus

Albert Bardenaro

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