After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.
Tom Hanks
as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
John Candy
as Tom Tuttle
Rita Wilson
as Beth Wexler
Tim Thomerson
as John Reynolds
Gedde Watanabe
as At Toon
George Plimpton
as Lawrence Bourne Jr.
Ernest Harada
as Chung Mee
Allan Arbus
as Albert Bardenaro
Xander Berkeley
as Kent Sutcliffe
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Cicero
Jacqueline Evans
as Aunt Eunice
Pamela Gual
as Tammy the Stewardess
