Volunteers
Volunteers
Release: 1985-08-16
·Runtime: 107m
·★ 5.5
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
HBO Films
Silver Screen Partners
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Harry Yorku
as Al Pe
Tom Hanks
as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
Ernest Harada
as Chung Mee
Clyde Kusatsu
as Souvanna
Gedde Watanabe
as At Toon
George Plimpton
as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
John Candy
as Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson
as Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson
as John Reynolds
Allan Arbus
as Albert Bardenaro
Chick Hearn
as Announcer
Virginia Kiser
as Evelyn Bourne
Xander Berkeley
as Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Cicero
Shakti Chen
as Lucille