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Volunteers
“Ready or not, here they come.”
5.5 / 10• 1985• 1h 47m•R• English
Comedy
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Tom Hanks
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
Lead
John Candy
Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson
Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson
John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe
At Toon
George Plimpton
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada
Chung Mee
Allan Arbus
Albert Bardenaro
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nicholas Meyer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Volunteers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
