Richard Gere stars as Navy recruit Zack Mayo, while the stunning Debra Winger is his love interest. Lou Gossett Jnr. won an Academy Award for his brilliant portrayal of a tough drill instructor. David Keith plays Zack's struggling fellow candidate. Zack Mayo is a young loner with a bad attitude. Tempted by the glamour and admiration of the life of a Navy pilot, he decides to sign up for Officer Candidate School. After thirteen tortuous weeks under Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley (Gossett Jnr.), he slowly begins to learn the importance of discipline, love and friendship. Foley warns Zack about the local girls who will do anything to catch themselves a pilot for a husband, but despite this, Zack finds himself falling in love with Paula (Winger).
Directed by
Taylor Hackford
Written by
Douglas Day Stewart
Starring
Richard Gere (Zack Mayo); Debra Winger (Paula Pokrifki); David Keith (Sid Worley); Robert Loggia (Byron Mayo); Lisa Blount (Lynette Pomeroy); Lisa Eilbacher (Casey Seeger); Louis Gossett Jr. (Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley); Tony Plana (Emiliano Della Serra); Harold Sylvester (Perryman); David Caruso (Topper Daniels); Victor French (Joe Pokrifiki); Grace Zabriskie (Esther Pokrifiki); Tommy Petersen (Young Zack); Mara Scott-Wood (Bunny (as Mara Scott Wood)); David Greenfield (Schneider). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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