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After graduating from Yale in 1962, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay and takes his roomie's place as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Thai Golden Triangle with two other PCVs. Will he survive two years?
Theatrical
Aug 16, 1985
Box Office
$19.9M
Budget
$10.0M
Return
2.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 29, 2000
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
HBO Films, Silver Screen Partners
Cast
Full credits →T
Tom Hanks
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
J
John Candy
Tom Tuttle
R
Rita Wilson
Beth Wexler
T
Tim Thomerson
John Reynolds
G
Gedde Watanabe
At Toon
G
George Plimpton
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
E
Ernest Harada
Chung Mee
A
Allan Arbus
Albert Bardenaro
X
Xander Berkeley
Kent Sutcliffe
J
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cicero
J
Jacqueline Evans
Aunt Eunice
C
Chick Hearn
Announcer
V
Virginia Kiser
Evelyn Bourne
C
Clyde Kusatsu
Souvanna
J
Jude Mussetter
Bootsy Winder
C
Carlos Romano
Beatty
D
Duncan Ross
Noble
S
Shakti Chen
Lucille
P
Professor Toru Tanaka
Sumo Guard
