Volunteers

1985

1h 47m

5.5

5.5/10

178 votes • View on IMDb

Comedy

"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?

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Status: Released

Budget: $10,000,000

Revenue: $19,875,740

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

HBO Films Silver Screen Partners

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

naivety central intelligence agency (cia) gambling cold war asia village thailand bridge spoiled child product placement yale university wealth wealthy debt brainwashing communism

Quick Facts

Release Date	August 16, 1985
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0090274

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

Key Crew

Nicholas Meyer

Director

David Isaacs

Screenplay

Ken Levine