An Officer and a Gentleman Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

August 13, 1982

Distributor

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Drama

Rating

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$129,795,554 + $0 = $129,795,554

Cast

Richard Gere, David Caruso, Ed Begley Jr., Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Loggia, Victor French, Tony Plana, David Keith, Grace Zabriskie, Lisa Blount

Richard Gere

as Aviation Officer Candidate Zack Mayo

David Caruso

as AOC Topper Daniels

Ed Begley Jr.

as Altitude Chamber Instructor (voice)

Debra Winger

as Paula Pokrifki

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley, USMC

1930-2015

Robert Loggia

as Chief Petty Officer Byron Mayo

1934-1989

Victor French

as Joe Pokrifki

Tony Plana

as AOC Emiliano Della Serra

David Keith

as AOC Sid Worley

Grace Zabriskie

as Esther Pokrifki

1957-2010

Lisa Blount

as Lynette Pomeroy

About An Officer and a Gentleman

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.

About

Two-time Oscar winning film about a young man completing his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.

Trivia

Louis Gossett Jr. won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, making him the first African American to do so. The title of the film is taken from the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice's charge of "conduct unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman" (from 1860).