SYNOPSIS
Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley is there to train and evaluate him, and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond family, and must decide what it is he wants to do with his life.
- Richard GereZack Mayo
- Debra WingerPaula Pokrifki
- David KeithSid Worley
- Robert LoggiaByron Mayo
- Lisa BlountLynette Pomeroy
- Lisa EilbacherCasey Seeger
- Louis Gossett Jr.Sgt. Emil Foley
- Tony PlanaEmiliano Della Serra
- Harold SylvesterPerryman
- David CarusoTopper Daniels
- Victor FrenchJoe Pokrifki
- Grace ZabriskieEsther Pokrifki
- Tommy PetersenYoung Zack
- Mara Scott-WoodBunny
- David GreenfieldSchneider
- Dennis RuckerDonny
- Jane WilburNellie Rufferwell
- Buck WelcherThraxton
- Vern TaylorTom Worley
- Elizabeth RogersBetty Worley
- David R. MarshallDrill Instructor #1
- Gary C. StillwellDrill Instructor #2
- Tee DennardDilbert Dunker Instructor
- Norbert M. MurrayAltitude Chamber Instructor
- Daniel TylerNew Recruit