Volunteers

Volunteers

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Volunteers

"Ready or not, here they come."

1985

1h 47m

5.5(172 votes)

Comedy

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?

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Production Companies

HBO Films

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Cast & Crew

34 members

Acting

Tom Hanks

Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

Tom Hanks

Acting

John Candy

Tom Tuttle

John Candy

Acting

Rita Wilson

Beth Wexler

Rita Wilson

Acting

Tim Thomerson

John Reynolds

Tim Thomerson

Acting

Gedde Watanabe

At Toon

Gedde Watanabe

Acting

George Plimpton

Lawrence Bourne Jr.

George Plimpton

Acting

Ernest Harada

Chung Mee

Ernest Harada

Acting

Allan Arbus

Albert Bardenaro

Allan Arbus

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Xander Berkeley

Kent Sutcliffe

Xander Berkeley

Acting

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Cicero

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Acting

Jacqueline Evans

Aunt Eunice

No Image

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Pamela Gual

Tammy the Stewardess

No Image

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Chick Hearn

Announcer

Chick Hearn

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Virginia Kiser

Evelyn Bourne

Virginia Kiser

Acting

Clyde Kusatsu

Souvanna

Clyde Kusatsu

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Jude Mussetter

Bootsy Winder

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Carlos Romano

Beatty

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Duncan Ross

Noble

No Image

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Shakti Chen

Lucille

Shakti Chen

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Professor Toru Tanaka

Sumo Guard

No Image

Acting

Guillermo Río

Sumo Guard

No Image

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Lonnie Wun

Sumo Guard

No Image

Acting

Harry Yorku

Al Pe

Harry Yorku

Acting

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fidel Castro

Acting

Doris Day

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doris Day

Acting

John Glenn

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Rock Hudson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rock Hudson

Acting

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy

Acting

Никита Хрущёв

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Никита Хрущёв

Acting

Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mao Zedong

Acting

Marilyn Monroe

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn Monroe

Acting

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jacqueline Kennedy

Acting

Pope John XXIII

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pope John XXIII

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Ed Sullivan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ed Sullivan

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