An Officer and a Gentleman

Name: An Officer and a Gentleman
Director: Taylor Hackford
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1982
Rating: 7
Cast: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr., David Keith, Robert Loggia

"Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love."

7/10

1982

2h 4m

Drama

Romance

Overview

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.