Film

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982 · 2h 4m · Drama · Romance

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

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

79%

Metacritic

75

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.

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

• Taylor HackfordDirector
• Douglas Day StewartWriter
• Martin ElfandProducer
• Merv AdelsonExecutive Producer
• Donald E. ThorinDirector of Photography
• Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer
• Peter ZinnerEditor
• Nancy KlopperCasting

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Release date

July 28, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 4m

Rated

R

Budget

$7,500,000

Revenue

$129,795,554

Genres

Drama, Romance

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