An Officer and a Gentleman

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.

Cast

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

Crew

Taylor Hackford

Director

Nancy Klopper

Casting

Philip M. Jefferies

Production Design

Donald E. Thorin

Director of Photography

Martin Elfand

Producer

Jack Nitzsche

Original Music Composer

Douglas Day Stewart

Associate Producer

Mary Ann Newfield

Script Supervisor

John V. Cartwright

Art Direction

James L. Berkey

Set Decoration

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