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Volunteers is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Tom Hanks and John Candy.
Aug 16, 1985 · Volunteers: Directed by Nicholas Meyer. With Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson. 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.
On the plane, he meets Washington State graduate Tom Tuttle from Tacoma (John Candy) and the beautiful, down-to-earth Beth Wexler (Rita Wilson), the latter rejecting his advances once realizing ...
1985 Release year. A cheerfully self-centered rich kid (Tom Hanks) heads to back-country Thailand to escape his huge gambling debts in this comedy set in the '60s.
Hoping to avoid gambling debts, rich playboy Lawrence Bourne (Tom Hanks) stows away on a plane of Peace Corps volunteers set for Thailand. Once aboard, he meets the outrageously affable Tom...
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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.
Summaries. 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.
