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
John Candy
Rita Wilson
Tim Thomerson
Gedde Watanabe
George Plimpton
Ernest Harada
Allan Arbus
Xander Berkeley
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Jacqueline Evans
Pamela Gual
Chick Hearn
Virginia Kiser
Clyde Kusatsu
Jude Mussetter
Carlos Romano
Duncan Ross
Shakti Chen
Professor Toru Tanaka
Guillermo Río
Lonnie Wun
Harry Yorku
Doris Day
Rock Hudson
Marilyn Monroe