Volunteers

Volunteers by Nicholas Meyer

5.49

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

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

John Candy

John Candy as Tom Tuttle

Rita Wilson

Rita Wilson as Beth Wexler

Tim Thomerson

Tim Thomerson as John Reynolds

Gedde Watanabe

Gedde Watanabe as At Toon

George Plimpton

George Plimpton as Lawrence Bourne Jr.

Ernest Harada

Ernest Harada as Chung Mee

Allan Arbus

Allan Arbus as Albert Bardenaro

Xander Berkeley

Xander Berkeley as Kent Sutcliffe

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Cicero

Jacqueline Evans

Jacqueline Evans as Aunt Eunice

Pamela Gual

Pamela Gual as Tammy the Stewardess

Chick Hearn

Chick Hearn as Announcer

Virginia Kiser

Virginia Kiser as Evelyn Bourne

Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu as Souvanna

Jude Mussetter

Jude Mussetter as Bootsy Winder

Carlos Romano

Carlos Romano as Beatty

Duncan Ross

Duncan Ross as Noble

Shakti Chen

Shakti Chen as Lucille

Professor Toru Tanaka

Professor Toru Tanaka as Sumo Guard

Guillermo Río

Guillermo Río as Sumo Guard

Lonnie Wun

Lonnie Wun as Sumo Guard

Harry Yorku

Harry Yorku as Al Pe

Doris Day

Doris Day as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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