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8/16/1985Runtime
107 minsGenres
Overview
After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$10,000,000Revenue
$19,875,740Homepage
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A breezy 80s comedy about spoiled college kids stumbling through the Peace Corps in Thailand, mixing fish-out-of-water humor with genuine stakes as they navigate Cold War intrigue and find unexpected purpose. It's silly on the surface but carries an undercurrent of real consequence beneath the joke.
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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
Jacqueline Evans
Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual
Tammy the Stewardess
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