

MovieComedy
Volunteers
Ready or not, here they come.
5.5(189)19851h 47m
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
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Cast

Tom Hanks
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

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

Xander Berkeley
Kent Sutcliffe

Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cicero
Jacqueline Evans
Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual
Tammy

Chick Hearn
Announcer

Virginia Kiser
Evelyn Bourne

Clyde Kusatsu
Souvanna
Jude Mussetter
Bootsy Winder
Carlos Romano
Beatty
Duncan Ross
Noble

Shakti Chen
Lucille

Professor Toru Tanaka
Sumo Guard
Guillermo Río
Sumo Guard
Lonnie Wun
Sumo Guard

Harry Yorku
Al Pe
Crew
Directing
- Nicholas MeyerDirector
- Elie CohnFirst Assistant Director
Writing
- Keith CritchlowStory
- David IsaacsScreenplay
- Ken LevineScreenplay
Production
- Theodore R. ParvinAssociate Producer
- Joyce RobinsonCasting
- Richard ShepherdProducer
- Penny EllersCasting
- Walter F. ParkesProducer
Camera
- Ric WaiteDirector of Photography
- Salvador 'Apache' SerranoDolly Grip
- Leo J. NapolitanoCamera Operator
- Alfredo RuvalcabaStill Photographer
Editing
- Brian RalphNegative Cutter
- Steve PolivkaEditor
- Ronald RooseEditor
Sound
- Gary AlexanderSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Chris JenkinsSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Robert GlassSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Lon BenderSupervising Sound Editor
- Claude HitchcockSound Mixer
- Wylie StatemanSupervising Sound Editor
- Dan M. RichSound Editor
- Elliott KoretzSound Editor
- Lorna AndersonAssistant Sound Editor
- Mark P. StoeckingerADR Editor
- Else BlangstedMusic Editor
- Joe GilbertAssistant Sound Editor
Art
- Ray Mercer Jr.Property Master
- Jorge SainzAssistant Art Director
- James L. SchoppeProduction Design
- José Rodríguez GranadaArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Del ArmstrongMakeup Supervisor
- Allan A. AponeMakeup Designer
- Alberto LópezMakeup Artist
- Josefina MendozaHairstylist
- Raúl EsquivelWigmaker
- Esperanza GómezHairstylist
Crew
- Robert EastonDialect Coach
- Heriberto CárdenasCableman
- Laurencio CorderoSpecial Effects Coordinator
- Kane HodderStunts
- Ellie MiteStunts
- BJ DavisStunt Coordinator
- Paul StaplesStunts
- Denny ArnoldStunts
- Rob KingStunts
- Alan MarcusStunts
- Wayne King Sr.Stunts
- Dianne L. WilsonStunts
Lighting
- Carl BolesGaffer