Tom Hanks
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
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Volunteers is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Tom Hanks and John Candy . Plot. Lawrence Bourne III is a spoiled kid who just graduated from Yale, Class of 1962, with a $28,000 gambling debt.
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.
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- Adventure, Comedy
- Nicholas Meyer
- 1985-08-16
Volunteers (1985) Movie Info Synopsis Hoping to avoid gambling debts, rich playboy Lawrence Bourne (Tom Hanks) stows away on a plane of Peace Corps volunteers set for Thailand.
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- Nicholas Meyer
- R
- Tom Hanks
Volunteers (1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Synopsis. Yale University, 1963. Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks) has a $28,000 gambling debt, and loan shark, Albert Bordonaro (Alan Arbus), gives him one day to come up with the money. Lawrence bets on a football game, and listens to the outcome over a portable radio while he attends his graduation ceremony.
Brief Synopsis. A snobby, rich young man from the Northeast lands into trouble with his gambling debts, and in order to escape, he ends up in the Peace Corps in Thailand where he meets some genuinely devoted American volunteers.
