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An Officer and a Gentleman
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.
1982 · Directed by Taylor Hackford · 124 min · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love.
Crew
- Written by: Douglas Day Stewart
- Cinematography: Donald E. Thorin
- Edited by: Peter Zinner
- Music: Jack Nitzsche
- Production design: Philip M. Jefferies
- Produced by: Martin Elfand
Cast
- Richard Gere as Zack Mayo
- Debra Winger as Paula Pokrifki
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Sergeant Emil Foley
- David Keith as Sid Worley
- Robert Loggia as Byron Mayo
- Lisa Blount as Lynette Pomeroy
- Lisa Eilbacher as Casey Seeger
- Harold Sylvester as Perryman
- David Caruso as Topper Daniels
- Grace Zabriskie as Esther Pokrifiki
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Motion Pictures
- Budget: $7,500,000
- Box office: $129,795,554
- Themes: navy, love of one's life
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