Volunteers (1985)
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.
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Tom Hanks
as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy
as Tom Tuttle
as Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson
as Beth Wexler
as Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson
as John Reynolds
as John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe
as At Toon
as At Toon
George Plimpton
as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada
as Chung Mee
as Chung Mee
Allan Arbus
as Albert Bardenaro
as Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley
as Kent Sutcliffe
as Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Cicero
as Cicero
Jacqueline Evans
as Aunt Eunice
as Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual
as Tammy the Stewardess
as Tammy the Stewardess
Chick Hearn
as Announcer
as Announcer
Virginia Kiser
as Evelyn Bourne
as Evelyn Bourne
Clyde Kusatsu
as Souvanna
as Souvanna
Jude Mussetter
as Bootsy Winder
as Bootsy Winder
Carlos Romano
as Beatty
as Beatty
Duncan Ross
as Noble
as Noble
Shakti Chen
as Lucille
as Lucille
Professor Toru Tanaka
as Sumo Guard
as Sumo Guard
Guillermo Río
as Sumo Guard
as Sumo Guard
Lonnie Wun
as Sumo Guard
as Sumo Guard
Harry Yorku
as Al Pe
as Al Pe
Doris Day
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rock Hudson
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Nicholas Meyer
Director
Director
Keith Critchlow
Story
Story
Ric Waite
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lon Bender
Supervising Sound Editor
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Easton
Dialect Coach
Dialect Coach
Claude Hitchcock
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Wylie Stateman
Supervising Sound Editor
Supervising Sound Editor
Dan M. Rich
Sound Editor
Sound Editor
Elie Cohn
First Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Heriberto Cárdenas
Cableman
Cableman
Elliott Koretz
Sound Editor
Sound Editor
Lorna Anderson
Assistant Sound Editor
Assistant Sound Editor
Salvador 'Apache' Serrano
Dolly Grip
Dolly Grip
Mark P. Stoeckinger
ADR Editor
ADR Editor
Else Blangsted
Music Editor
Music Editor
Joe Gilbert
Assistant Sound Editor
Assistant Sound Editor
Randy Kelley
Sound Editor
Sound Editor
Stan Gilbert
ADR Editor
ADR Editor
Jim Weidman
Music Editor
Music Editor
Terry Lynn Allen
Sound Editor
Sound Editor
Ray Mercer Jr.
Property Master
Property Master
Brian Ralph
Negative Cutter
Negative Cutter
Leo J. Napolitano
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Jorge Sainz
Assistant Art Director
Assistant Art Director
Laurencio Cordero
Special Effects Coordinator
Special Effects Coordinator
Alfredo Ruvalcaba
Still Photographer
Still Photographer
Claude King
Other
Other
David Isaacs
Screenplay
Screenplay
Ken Levine
Screenplay
Screenplay
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Kane Hodder
Stunts
Stunts
Carl Boles
Gaffer
Gaffer
Ellie Mite
Stunts
Stunts
BJ Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Coordinator
Paul Staples
Stunts
Stunts
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Stunts
Rob King
Stunts
Stunts
Alan Marcus
Stunts
Stunts
Wayne King Sr.
Stunts
Stunts
Dianne L. Wilson
Stunts
Stunts
John Barrett
Stunts
Stunts
Theodore R. Parvin
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Steve Polivka
Editor
Editor
Del Armstrong
Makeup Supervisor
Makeup Supervisor
Joyce Robinson
Casting
Casting
James L. Schoppe
Production Design
Production Design
Richard Shepherd
Producer
Producer
Allan A. Apone
Makeup Designer
Makeup Designer
Penny Ellers
Casting
Casting
Ronald Roose
Editor
Editor
José Rodríguez Granada
Art Direction
Art Direction
Walter F. Parkes
Producer
Producer
Alberto López
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Josefina Mendoza
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
Raúl Esquivel
Wigmaker
Wigmaker
Esperanza Gómez
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
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