Volunteers (1985)

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Volunteers on IMDb 5.5/10 7,304 votes

Released:
1985-08-16

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?

Director:
Nicholas Meyer

Runtime:
1h 47min

Genre:
Comedy

  • Cast:
  • Tom Hanks
    as
    Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
  • John Candy
    as
    Tom Tuttle
  • Rita Wilson
    as
    Beth Wexler
  • Tim Thomerson
    as
    John Reynolds
  • Gedde Watanabe
    as
    At Toon