Volunteers (1985)

Volunteers (1985)

Ready or not, here they come. 1985-08-16 United States of America 107 Min. PG-13
5.5 150 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Tom Hanks is Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy is Tom Tuttle
Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson is Beth Wexler
Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson is John Reynolds
John Reynolds
George Plimpton is Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada is Chung Mee
Chung Mee
Allan Arbus is Albert Bardenaro
Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley is Kent Sutcliffe
Kent Sutcliffe
Jacqueline Evans is Aunt Eunice
Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual is Tammy the Stewardess
Tammy the Stewardess