Volunteers
“Ready or not, here they come.”
1985•R•1h 47m•5.5•Released
Comedy
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?
Director
Nicholas Meyer
Writer
David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Budget
$10M
Revenue
$20M
Languages
English
Studio
HBO Films
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
Chick Hearn
Announcer
Virginia Kiser
Evelyn Bourne
Clyde Kusatsu
Souvanna
Production
Company
HBO Films
Company
Silver Screen Partners
Producer
Walter F. Parkes
Producer
Richard Shepherd
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