Volunteers

1985

107 min

5.5

Ends at

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.

Budget

$10,000,000

Genre

Comedy

Director

Nicholas Meyer

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Tom Hanks

John Candy

Rita Wilson

Tim Thomerson

Gedde Watanabe

George Plimpton

Ernest Harada

Allan Arbus

Xander Berkeley

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

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Volunteers

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.

  • Tom Hanks

  • John Candy

  • Rita Wilson

  • Tim Thomerson

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