Volunteers (1985)

Release Date : Aug. 16, 1985 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★

Details : 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.
Duration : 1 Hour 46 Minutes

Cast and Crew :

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	George Plimpton as Lawrence Bourne Jr.	Ernest Harada as Chung Mee	Allan Arbus as Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley as Kent Sutcliffe	Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Cicero	Virginia Kiser as Evelyn Bourne	Clyde Kusatsu as Souvanna