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Volunteers

Volunteers (1985)

1h 47m | PG-13

⭐ 5.5 / 10

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.

Director: Nicholas Meyer

Studio: TriStar Pictures

Genre: Comedy

Video: 720p

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Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

John Candy

John Candy

as Tom Tuttle

Rita Wilson

Rita Wilson

as Beth Wexler

Tim Thomerson

Tim Thomerson

as John Reynolds

Gedde Watanabe

Gedde Watanabe

as At Toon

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

as Lawrence Bourne Jr.