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Basic Training
1985 · 1h 28m · R
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What is it about? Basic Training
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to find lost data on the Russians. Melinda resists his advances and begins working her way up in the Pentagon, finding subtle ways of getting her policies implemented by manipulating the slovenly males that populate the Pentagon, including finding a way to defuse the mounting conflict with the Russians
Genre: comedy.
Cast and crew Basic Training
AllCreators
- Directed byAndrew Sugerman
- ScreenplayBernie Kahn
- MusicMichael Cruz
- CinematographyStephen W. Gray
- EditingLarry Bock
Full cast and crew31 cast members, 10 crew
Cast:
- Ann Dusenberry · Melinda
- Rhonda Shear · Debbie
- Angela Aames · Cheryl
- Will Nye · Lt. Cranston
- Walter Gotell · Nabokov
- Marty Brill · General Strombs
- William A. Forester · General Kane
- Christopher Pennock · Major Magnum
- Mark Withers · Captain Drysdale
- Gerard Prendergast · Bill Slater
- Marty Cohen · Michael
- Orly Oh · Tanya
- Linda Hoy · Miss Perkins
- Kenny Ellis · Sidney
- Gerald Berns · Steve
- Lynn Griffis · Reporter #1
- John Ochoa · Reporter #2
- Michael Greene · Dimitri
- Mark Lowenthal · Vladimir
- Sam Scarber · SWAT Leader
- Ari Barak · Abdul
- Sammy Warren · Shoeshine Man
- Donald Fullilove · Typewriter Man
- Cynthia Frost · Cleaning Woman
- Barbara Peckinpaugh · Salesgirl #1
- Erika Dockery · Salesgirl #2
- Fred Saxon · TV Newscaster
- Patrick Dollaghan · Handsome Man
- Gilbert Adler · Security Guard
- Ruth Jones · Elevator Operator
- Ellen Hughes · Stewardess (uncredited)
Crew:
- Andrew Sugerman · Director
- Bernie Kahn · Writer
- Stephen W. Gray · Director of Photography
- Warden Neil · Costume Design
- Larry Bock · Editor
- Barbara Claman · Casting
- Victoria Burrows · Casting
- Otto Salamon · Producer
- Michael Cruz · Original Music Composer
Trailer Basic Training
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Details Basic Training

- First theatrical release
- November 1, 1985
- Release in the US
- November 1, 1985
- Country
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Studios
- Playboy Entertainment Group, Entertainment Events
Frequently asked questions
How long is Basic Training?
1h 28m (88 minutes).
Who’s in Basic Training?
Ann Dusenberry, Rhonda Shear, Angela Aames, Will Nye, Walter Gotell, Marty Brill, William A. Forester, Christopher Pennock, Mark Withers, and Gerard Prendergast. Directed by Andrew Sugerman.
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