An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love.

7.0(1,141 votes)
1982
2h 4m
Drama
Romance

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.

Production

Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Film Entertainment

Cast

Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Zack Mayo

Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Paula Pokrifki

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Sergeant Emil Foley

David Keith

David Keith

Sid Worley

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Byron Mayo

Lisa Blount

Lisa Blount

Lynette Pomeroy

Lisa Eilbacher

Lisa Eilbacher

Casey Seeger

Harold Sylvester

Harold Sylvester

Perryman

David Caruso

David Caruso

Topper Daniels

Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie

Esther Pokrifiki

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