Volunteers

About Volunteers

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?

Nicholas Meyer's Volunteers is a 1985 comedy film. It runs 107 minutes and was released in August 1985.

Tom Hanks takes the lead as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III, John Candy as Tom Tuttle, Rita Wilson as Beth Wexler, and Tim Thomerson as John Reynolds. Written by David Isaacs and Ken Levine.

Shelv files it under central intelligence agency (CIA), village, cold war, and gambling. American members can watch it on Cinemax Amazon Channel and Cinemax Apple TV channel.

Barry Lyndon, Spies Like Us, and Bridge of Spies make useful companions to Volunteers, all filed under debt and wealth. It scores 5.5 out of 10 from 189 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.