An Officer and a Gentleman

The story

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 & crew

Richard GereZack Mayo

Debra WingerPaula Pokrifki

Louis Gossett Jr.Sergeant Emil Foley

David KeithSid Worley

Robert LoggiaByron Mayo

Lisa BlountLynette Pomeroy

Lisa EilbacherCasey Seeger

Harold SylvesterPerryman

David CarusoTopper Daniels

Grace ZabriskieEsther Pokrifiki

Tony PlanaEmiliano Della Serra

Victor FrenchJoe Pokrifki