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Volunteers

Volunteers

Ready or not, here they come.

19855.51h 47m

Overview

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?

Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Written by Keith Critchlow, David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Produced by Richard Shepherd, Walter F. Parkes
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0MRevenue: $19.9M

Top Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

John Candy

John Candy

Tom Tuttle

Rita Wilson

Rita Wilson

Beth Wexler

Tim Thomerson

Tim Thomerson

John Reynolds

Gedde Watanabe

Gedde Watanabe

At Toon

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

Lawrence Bourne Jr.

Ernest Harada

Ernest Harada

Chung Mee

Allan Arbus

Allan Arbus

Albert Bardenaro

Xander Berkeley

Xander Berkeley

Kent Sutcliffe

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Cicero

Themes & Keywords

naivetycentral intelligence agency (cia)gamblingcold warasiavillagethailandbridgespoiled childproduct placementyale universitywealthwealthydebtbrainwashingcommunism

About Volunteers

Volunteers is a comedy film released in 1985 exploring themes of naivety, central intelligence agency (cia), gambling, cold war, asia, village. Directed by Nicholas Meyer, it stars Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson. 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?

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