

An Officer and a Gentleman
"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.
Movie Details
Budget
$7.5M
$7,500,000
Revenue
$129.8M
$129,795,554
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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Key Crew

Taylor Hackford
Director

Douglas Day Stewart
Screenplay
Cast

Richard Gere
Zack Mayo

Debra Winger
Paula Pokrifki

Louis Gossett Jr.
Sergeant Emil Foley

David Keith
Sid Worley

Robert Loggia
Byron Mayo

Lisa Blount
Lynette Pomeroy

Lisa Eilbacher
Casey Seeger

Harold Sylvester
Perryman

David Caruso
Topper Daniels

Grace Zabriskie
Esther Pokrifiki

Tony Plana
Emiliano Della Serra

Victor French
Joe Pokrifki
Tommy Petersen
Young Zack
Mara Scott-Wood
Bunny
David Greenfield
Schneider

Dennis Rucker
Donny
Jane Wilbur
Nellie Rufferwell
Buck Welcher
Thraxton
Vern Taylor
Tom Worley

Elizabeth Rogers
Betty Worley