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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Richard Gere

    Zack Mayo

  2. Cast 1

    Debra Winger

    Paula Pokrifki

  3. Cast 1

    Louis Gossett Jr.

    Sergeant Emil Foley

  4. Cast 1

    David Keith

    Sid Worley

  5. Cast 1

    Robert Loggia

    Byron Mayo

  6. Cast 1

    Lisa Blount

    Lynette Pomeroy

  7. Cast 1

    Lisa Eilbacher

    Casey Seeger

  8. Cast 1

    Harold Sylvester

    Perryman

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    David Caruso

    Topper Daniels

This is really a film about a power duet - and we don't get that until the end. The rest of this is a rather mediocre outing for all concerned. Richard Gere - an actor whose stardom still, even now, perplexes me - is "Zack", brought up by his dad "Byron" (Robert Loggia) after his mother died. Now an adult, he must learn to stand on his own two feet. Determined to prove himself and follow his father into the military, he enrols in the Naval Officer School where he encounters the no-nonsense drill instructor "Sgt. Foley" (Louis Gossett Jr) whilst befriending "Sid" (David Keith) and "Paula" (Debr...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$7,500,000.00

Revenue $129,795,554.00

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