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An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 28, 1982

Runtime

2h 4m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

70%

Original Title

An Officer and a Gentleman

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Film Entertainment

Director

Taylor Hackford

Budget

$7,500,000

Revenue

$129,795,554

Description

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.