An Officer and a Gentleman

Jul 28, 1982

2h 4m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Lorimar Motion Pictures

An Officer and a Gentleman Trailers

Cast

Zack Mayo

Richard Gere

Paula Pokrifki

Debra Winger

Sergeant Emil Foley

Louis Gossett Jr.

Sid Worley

David Keith

Byron Mayo

Robert Loggia

Lynette Pomeroy

Lisa Blount

Casey Seeger

Lisa Eilbacher

Perryman

Harold Sylvester

Topper Daniels

David Caruso

Esther Pokrifiki

Grace Zabriskie

Emiliano Della Serra

Tony Plana

Joe Pokrifki

Victor French

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