| Runtime : | 01h47 |
| Genre : | Comedy |
| Release : | August 16, 1985 |
| Studio : | TriStar Pictures |
| Domestic revenue : | $19,975,740 |
| Director : |
Nicholas Meyer |
| Writers : |
Keith Critchlow David Isaacs Ken Levine |
| Shooting places : | Venezuela, The United States |
| 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 |
| Guillermo Río | Sumo Guard |
| Jacqueline Evans | Aunt Eunice |
| Pamela Gual | Tammy, the Stewardess |
| Philip Guilmant | Yale President |
Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with 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.
