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Volunteers

Volunteers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 16, 1985

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

55%

Original Title

Volunteers

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures

Director

Nicholas Meyer

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$19,875,740

Description

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.