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.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How An Officer and a Gentleman performed
Budget
$7.5M
Worldwide Gross
$129.8M
Gross Profit
$122.3M
Return
17.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$19M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Zack Mayo
Richard Gere
Zack Mayo
Paula Pokrifki
Debra Winger
Paula Pokrifki
Sergeant Emil Foley
Louis Gossett Jr.
Sergeant Emil Foley
Sid Worley
David Keith
Sid Worley
Byron Mayo
Robert Loggia
Byron Mayo
Lynette Pomeroy
Lisa Blount
Lynette Pomeroy
Casey Seeger
Lisa Eilbacher
Casey Seeger
Perryman
Harold Sylvester
Perryman
Topper Daniels
David Caruso
Topper Daniels
Esther Pokrifiki
Grace Zabriskie
Esther Pokrifiki
Emiliano Della Serra
Tony Plana
Emiliano Della Serra
Joe Pokrifki
Victor French
Joe Pokrifki
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