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Aug 16, 1985 · 1h 47m
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Comedy
PLOT
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?
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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
Directed by
Nicholas Meyer
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$10,000,000
Revenue
$19,875,740
Production
HBO Films, Silver Screen Partners
Country
US
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