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?
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
naivety
central intelligence agency (cia)
gambling
cold war
asia
village
thailand
bridge
spoiled child
product placement
yale university
wealth
wealthy
debt
brainwashing
communism
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2.7 / 5
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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
Xander Berkeley
Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cicero
Virginia Kiser
Evelyn Bourne
Clyde Kusatsu
Souvanna
Crew
Nicholas Meyer
Director
Ken Levine
Screenplay
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Walter F. Parkes
Producer
Robert Easton
Dialect Coach
Wylie Stateman
Supervising Sound Editor
Mark P. Stoeckinger
ADR Editor
Lon Bender
Supervising Sound Editor
Kane Hodder
Stunts
BJ Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Allan A. Apone
Makeup Designer
Popular Reviews
19 reviews
Maddie
3.0★ · 09/08/25
I feel like this was an hour and 47 minutes of absolutely nothing happening
I feel like this was an hour and 47 minutes of absolutely nothing happening
Alex Tirrell
3.0★ · 08/29/25
nothing stood out to me or made me feel anything
nothing stood out to me or made me feel anything
Chris Marlow
7.3★ · 07/20/25
As far as these movies go, this one has some pretty funny moments
As far as these movies go, this one has some pretty funny moments
McCall Tharpe
5.4★ · 04/09/25
What a waste of a good cast.
What a waste of a good cast.
mrosi
2.0★ · 01/19/25
The cinematic equivalent of dirty rotten sewage water. An absolute atrocity.
The cinematic equivalent of dirty rotten sewage water. An absolute atrocity.
