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About
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.
Theatrical
Jul 28, 1982
Box Office
$129.8M
Budget
$7.5M
Return
17.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 12, 2000
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Motion Pictures
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Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Gere
Zack Mayo
D
Debra Winger
Paula Pokrifki
L
Louis Gossett Jr.
Sergeant Emil Foley
D
David Keith
Sid Worley
R
Robert Loggia
Byron Mayo
L
Lisa Blount
Lynette Pomeroy
L
Lisa Eilbacher
Casey Seeger
H
Harold Sylvester
Perryman
D
David Caruso
Topper Daniels
G
Grace Zabriskie
Esther Pokrifiki
T
Tony Plana
Emiliano Della Serra
V
Victor French
Joe Pokrifki
M
Mara Scott-Wood
Bunny
D
Dennis Rucker
Donny
V
Vern Taylor
Tom Worley
E
Elizabeth Rogers
Betty Worley
J
John Laughlin
Troy
T
Tee Dennard
Dilbert Dunker Instructor
E
Ed Begley Jr.
Altitude Chamber Instructor
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It will lift you up where you belong.
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Courage and Love in Adversity
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Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win... and a woman to love.
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