Volunteers

1h 47min

Comedy

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?

Production Companies

HBO Films

Silver Screen Partners

Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy

John Candy

Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson

Rita Wilson

Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson

Tim Thomerson

John Reynolds
George Plimpton

George Plimpton

Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada

Ernest Harada

Chung Mee
Allan Arbus

Allan Arbus

Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley

Xander Berkeley

Kent Sutcliffe
Jacqueline Evans

Jacqueline Evans

Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual

Pamela Gual

Tammy the Stewardess
Chick Hearn

Chick Hearn

Announcer
Virginia Kiser

Virginia Kiser

Evelyn Bourne
Jude Mussetter

Jude Mussetter

Bootsy Winder
Guillermo Río

Guillermo Río

Sumo Guard
Lonnie Wun

Lonnie Wun

Sumo Guard
Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doris Day

Doris Day

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Glenn

John Glenn

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John XXIII.

John XXIII.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Release date

16th Aug 1985

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English