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An Officer and a Gentleman

Drama, Romance | 1982-07-28 | United States of America

IMDB7.0 / 10

Budget$7,500,000

Budget$129,795,554

Runtime124 min.

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

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.

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Paramount Pictures
Lorimar Film Entertainment

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