naivety,central intelligence agency (cia),gambling,cold war,asia,village,coca-cola,thailand,bridge,spoiled child,product placement,yale university,wealth,wealthy,debt,brainwashing,communism

Volunteers (1985)

Poster for Volunteers

Ready or not, here they come.

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Nicholas Meyer
  • Profile picture of Tom Hanks
    Lawrence Whatley Bourne III Tom Hanks
  • Profile picture of John Candy
    Tom Tuttle John Candy
  • Profile picture of Rita Wilson
    Beth Wexler Rita Wilson
  • Profile picture of Tim Thomerson
    John Reynolds Tim Thomerson
  • Profile picture of Gedde Watanabe
    At Toon Gedde Watanabe
  • Profile picture of George Plimpton
    Lawrence Bourne Jr. George Plimpton
  • Profile picture of Ernest Harada
    Chung Mee Ernest Harada
  • Profile picture of Allan Arbus
    Albert Bardenaro Allan Arbus

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Keywords

  • naivety
  • central intelligence agency (cia)
  • gambling
  • cold war
  • asia
  • village
  • coca-cola
  • thailand
  • bridge
  • spoiled child
  • product placement
  • yale university
  • wealth
  • wealthy
  • debt
  • brainwashing
  • communism