Volunteers
Ready or not, here they come.
1985 | 107m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Nicholas Meyer |
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| Writer: | Ken Levine, Keith Critchlow, David Isaacs |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 16, 1985 |
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| Director: | Nicholas Meyer |
| Writer: | Ken Levine, Keith Critchlow, David Isaacs |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | gambling, central intelligence agency (cia), asia, cold war, naivety, thailand, bridge, product placement, village, spoiled child, yale university, wealth, wealthy, debt, brainwashing, communism |
| Production Companies | TriStar Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $19,875,740
Budget: $10,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 the Stewardess |
| 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 |
| Doris Day | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Rock Hudson | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Marilyn Monroe | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Allan A. Apone | Makeup Designer |
| Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Nicholas Meyer | Director |
| Ken Levine | Screenplay |
| Robert Easton | Dialect Coach |
| BJ Davis | Stunt Coordinator |
| Kane Hodder | Stunts |
| Keith Critchlow | Story |
| Steve Polivka | Editor |
| Joyce Robinson | Casting |
| Esperanza Gómez | Hairstylist |
| Ric Waite | Director of Photography |
| Gary Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Leo J. Napolitano | Camera Operator |
| Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Elliott Koretz | Sound Editor |
| David Isaacs | Screenplay |
| Penny Ellers | Casting |
| José Rodríguez Granada | Art Direction |
| Raúl Esquivel | Wigmaker |
| Josefina Mendoza | Hairstylist |
| Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Heriberto Cárdenas | Cableman |
| Lon Bender | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Randy Kelley | Sound Editor |
| Stan Gilbert | ADR Editor |
| Joe Gilbert | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Laurencio Cordero | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Brian Ralph | Negative Cutter |
| Denny Arnold | Stunts |
| John Barrett | Stunts |
| Alan Marcus | Stunts |
| Claude King | Other |
| Ronald Roose | Editor |
| James L. Schoppe | Production Design |
| Del Armstrong | Makeup Supervisor |
| Alberto López | Makeup Artist |
| Chris Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Elie Cohn | First Assistant Director |
| Claude Hitchcock | Sound Mixer |
| Jim Weidman | Music Editor |
| Terry Lynn Allen | Sound Editor |
| Dan M. Rich | Sound Editor |
| Lorna Anderson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Ray Mercer Jr. | Property Master |
| Alfredo Ruvalcaba | Still Photographer |
| Rob King | Stunts |
| Paul Staples | Stunts |
| Carl Boles | Gaffer |
| Jorge Sainz | Assistant Art Director |
| Salvador 'Apache' Serrano | Dolly Grip |
| Wayne King Sr. | Stunts |
| Ellie Mite | Stunts |
| Dianne L. Wilson | Stunts |
| Mark P. Stoeckinger | ADR Editor |
| James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter F. Parkes | Producer |
| Theodore R. Parvin | Associate Producer |
| Richard Shepherd | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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