An Officer and a Gentleman

The story

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.

Cast

R Richard GereZack Mayo D Debra WingerPaula Pokrifki L Louis Gossett Jr.Sergeant Emil Foley D David KeithSid Worley R Robert LoggiaByron Mayo L Lisa BlountLynette Pomeroy L Lisa EilbacherCasey Seeger H Harold SylvesterPerryman D David CarusoTopper Daniels G Grace ZabriskieEsther Pokrifiki T Tony PlanaEmiliano Della Serra V Victor FrenchJoe Pokrifki

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T Tommy PetersenYoung Zack M Mara Scott-WoodBunny D David GreenfieldSchneider D Dennis RuckerDonny J Jane WilburNellie Rufferwell B Buck WelcherThraxton V Vern TaylorTom Worley E Elizabeth RogersBetty Worley D David R. MarshallDrill Instructor #1 G Gary C. StillwellDrill Instructor #2 J John LaughlinTroy T Tee DennardDilbert Dunker Instructor N Norbert M. MurrayAltitude Chamber Instructor D Daniel TylerNew Recruit W William S. GravesCaptain Graves P Pia BoyerPaula's Sister D Danna KieselPaula's Sister M Meleesa WyattProstitute #1 J Jo Anna KeaneProstitute #2 B Bernard MadridPlatoon Member (uncredited) R Randy TatNew Recruit (uncredited) E Ed Begley Jr.Altitude Chamber Instructor