Movie

Volunteers

Released: August 16, 1985 (1985)

Runtime: 107 minutes

Genres: Comedy

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?

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Allan Arbus as Albert Bardenaro
Age at release: 67
George Plimpton as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Age at release: 58
Ernest Harada as Chung Mee
Age at release: 47
Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Cicero
Age at release: 43
Tim Thomerson as John Reynolds
Age at release: 39
John Candy as Tom Tuttle
Age at release: 34
Gedde Watanabe as At Toon
Age at release: 30
Tom Hanks as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
Age at release: 29
Xander Berkeley as Kent Sutcliffe
Age at release: 29
Rita Wilson as Beth Wexler
Age at release: 28

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Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 91
Mao Zedong as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 91
Chick Hearn as Announcer
Age at release: 68
John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 68
Duncan Ross as Noble
Age at release: 66
Doris Day as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 63
Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
Rock Hudson as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
Professor Toru Tanaka as Sumo Guard
Age at release: 55
Virginia Kiser as Evelyn Bourne
Age at release: 46
Clyde Kusatsu as Souvanna
Age at release: 36
Shakti Chen as Lucille
Age at release: 27
Jacqueline Evans as Aunt Eunice
Age at release: Unknown
Pamela Gual as Tammy the Stewardess
Age at release: Unknown
Jude Mussetter as Bootsy Winder
Age at release: Unknown
Carlos Romano as Beatty
Age at release: Unknown
Guillermo Río as Sumo Guard
Age at release: Unknown
Lonnie Wun as Sumo Guard
Age at release: Unknown
Harry Yorku as Al Pe
Age at release: Unknown
John Glenn as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown