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An Officer and a Gentleman

Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love.

1982 · R · 2h 4m

Directed by Taylor Hackford

7.0

TMDB audience score
1,245 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • 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