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?
Quick Stats
5.5
TMDB Rating
185
Votes
1h 47m
Runtime
$10.0M
Budget
$19.9M
Box Office
199%
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Key Crew
DirectorNicholas Meyer
WriterKeith Critchlow
CinematographyRic Waite
ComposerChris Jenkins
EditorBrian Ralph
Production DesignJorge Sainz
Produced by
HBO FilmsSilver Screen Partners
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Cast
Tom Hanks
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy
Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson
Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson
John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe
At Toon
George Plimpton
Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada
Chung Mee
Allan Arbus
Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley
Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cicero
J
Jacqueline Evans
Aunt Eunice
P
Pamela Gual
Tammy
C
Chick Hearn
Announcer
Virginia Kiser
Evelyn Bourne
Clyde Kusatsu
Souvanna
