
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.
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Richard Gere as Zack Mayo

Debra Winger as Paula Pokrifki

Louis Gossett Jr. as Sergeant Emil Foley

David Keith as Sid Worley

Robert Loggia as Byron Mayo

Lisa Blount as Lynette Pomeroy

Lisa Eilbacher as Casey Seeger

Harold Sylvester as Perryman

David Caruso as Topper Daniels

Grace Zabriskie as Esther Pokrifiki

Tony Plana as Emiliano Della Serra

Victor French as Joe Pokrifki

Tommy Petersen as Young Zack

Mara Scott-Wood as Bunny

David Greenfield as Schneider

Dennis Rucker as Donny

Jane Wilbur as Nellie Rufferwell

Buck Welcher as Thraxton

Vern Taylor as Tom Worley

Elizabeth Rogers as Betty Worley

David R. Marshall as Drill Instructor #1

Gary C. Stillwell as Drill Instructor #2

John Laughlin as Troy

Tee Dennard as Dilbert Dunker Instructor

Norbert M. Murray as Altitude Chamber Instructor

Daniel Tyler as New Recruit

William S. Graves as Captain Graves

Pia Boyer as Paula's Sister

Danna Kiesel as Paula's Sister

Meleesa Wyatt as Prostitute #1

Jo Anna Keane as Prostitute #2

Bernard Madrid as Platoon Member (uncredited)

Randy Tat as New Recruit (uncredited)

Ed Begley Jr. as Altitude Chamber Instructor
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