An Officer and a Gentleman
“Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love.”
Overview
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.
Cast
(34)
Richard Gere
Zack Mayo
Debra Winger
Paula Pokrifki
Louis Gossett Jr.
Sergeant Emil Foley
David Keith
Sid Worley
Robert Loggia
Byron Mayo
Lisa Blount
Lynette Pomeroy
Lisa Eilbacher
Casey Seeger
Harold Sylvester
Perryman
David Caruso
Topper Daniels
Grace Zabriskie
Esther Pokrifiki
Tony Plana
Emiliano Della Serra
Victor French
Joe Pokrifki
Tommy Petersen
Young Zack
Mara Scott-Wood
Bunny
David Greenfield
Schneider
Dennis Rucker
Donny
Jane Wilbur
Nellie Rufferwell
Buck Welcher
Thraxton
Vern Taylor
Tom Worley
Elizabeth Rogers
Betty Worley
David R. Marshall
Drill Instructor #1
Gary C. Stillwell
Drill Instructor #2
John Laughlin
Troy
Tee Dennard
Dilbert Dunker Instructor
Norbert M. Murray
Altitude Chamber Instructor
Daniel Tyler
New Recruit
William S. Graves
Captain Graves
Pia Boyer
Paula's Sister
Danna Kiesel
Paula's Sister
Meleesa Wyatt
Prostitute #1
Jo Anna Keane
Prostitute #2
Bernard Madrid
Platoon Member (uncredited)
Randy Tat
New Recruit (uncredited)
Ed Begley Jr.
Altitude Chamber Instructor
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