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Volunteers

1962, after Yale graduation, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay. He takes his roomie's place as Peace Corps Volunteer in Thai Golden Triangle with 2 other PCVs. Will he survive 2 years?

Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where he's assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with American-as-apple-pie WSU grad Tom Tuttle and beautiful, 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 for themselves.

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Info about Volunteers

Studio(s): TriStar Pictures

Originally Released: United States, Aug 16, 1985

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $19,875,740.00

Budget: $10,000,000.00

Genres:Comedy, Adventure