Basic Training (1985)
Basic Training
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to find lost data on the Russians. Melinda resists his advances and begins working her way up in the Pentagon, finding subtle ways of getting her policies implemented by manipulating the slovenly males that populate the Pentagon, including finding a way to defuse the mounting conflict with the Russians
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Ann Dusenberry
as Melinda
as Melinda
Rhonda Shear
as Debbie
as Debbie
Angela Aames
as Cheryl
as Cheryl
Will Nye
as Lt. Cranston
as Lt. Cranston
Walter Gotell
as Nabokov
as Nabokov
Marty Brill
as General Strombs
as General Strombs
William A. Forester
as General Kane
as General Kane
Christopher Pennock
as Major Magnum
as Major Magnum
Mark Withers
as Captain Drysdale
as Captain Drysdale
Gerard Prendergast
as Bill Slater
as Bill Slater
Marty Cohen
as Michael
as Michael
Orly Oh
as Tanya
as Tanya
Linda Hoy
as Miss Perkins
as Miss Perkins
Kenny Ellis
as Sidney
as Sidney
Gerald Berns
as Steve
as Steve
Lynn Griffis
as Reporter #1
as Reporter #1
John Ochoa
as Reporter #2
as Reporter #2
Michael Greene
as Dimitri
as Dimitri
Mark Lowenthal
as Vladimir
as Vladimir
Sam Scarber
as SWAT Leader
as SWAT Leader
Ari Barak
as Abdul
as Abdul
Sammy Warren
as Shoeshine Man
as Shoeshine Man
Donald Fullilove
as Typewriter Man
as Typewriter Man
Cynthia Frost
as Cleaning Woman
as Cleaning Woman
Barbara Peckinpaugh
as Salesgirl #1
as Salesgirl #1
Erika Dockery
as Salesgirl #2
as Salesgirl #2
Fred Saxon
as TV Newscaster
as TV Newscaster
Patrick Dollaghan
as Handsome Man
as Handsome Man
Gilbert Adler
as Security Guard
as Security Guard
Ruth Jones
as Elevator Operator
as Elevator Operator
Ellen Hughes
as Stewardess (uncredited)
as Stewardess (uncredited)
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Andrew Sugerman
Director
Director
Bernie Kahn
Writer
Writer
Michael Cruz
Music
Music
Stephen W. Gray
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Warden Neil
Costume Design
Costume Design
Larry Bock
Editor
Editor
Coby Turner
Script Supervisor
Script Supervisor
Barbara Claman
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Victoria Burrows
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Otto Salamon
Producer
Producer
