
Plot
After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.
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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

Jacqueline Evans
Aunt Eunice

Pamela Gual
Tammy the Stewardess

Chick Hearn
Announcer

Virginia Kiser
Evelyn Bourne

Clyde Kusatsu
Souvanna

Jude Mussetter
Bootsy Winder

Carlos Romano
Beatty

Duncan Ross
Noble

Shakti Chen
Lucille

Professor Toru Tanaka
Sumo Guard

Guillermo Río
Sumo Guard

Lonnie Wun
Sumo Guard

Harry Yorku
Al Pe

Doris Day
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rock Hudson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)