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cast: 34
crew: 47
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# An Officer and a Gentleman (1982): cast and crew

34 cast and 47 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Richard Gere](https://film.one/person/richard-gere.md) as Zack Mayo
- [Debra Winger](https://film.one/person/debra-winger.md) as Paula Pokrifki
- [Louis Gossett Jr.](https://film.one/person/louis-gossett-jr.md) as Sergeant Emil Foley
- [David Keith](https://film.one/person/david-keith.md) as Sid Worley
- [Robert Loggia](https://film.one/person/robert-loggia.md) as Byron Mayo
- [Lisa Blount](https://film.one/person/lisa-blount.md) as Lynette Pomeroy
- [Lisa Eilbacher](https://film.one/person/lisa-eilbacher.md) as Casey Seeger
- [Harold Sylvester](https://film.one/person/harold-sylvester.md) as Perryman
- [David Caruso](https://film.one/person/david-caruso.md) as Topper Daniels
- [Grace Zabriskie](https://film.one/person/grace-zabriskie.md) as Esther Pokrifiki
- [Tony Plana](https://film.one/person/tony-plana.md) as Emiliano Della Serra
- [Victor French](https://film.one/person/victor-french.md) as Joe Pokrifki
- Tommy Petersen as Young Zack
- Mara Scott-Wood as Bunny
- David Greenfield as Schneider
- Dennis Rucker as Donny
- Jane Wilbur as Nellie Rufferwell
- Buck Welcher as Thraxton
- Vern Taylor as Tom Worley
- Elizabeth Rogers as Betty Worley
- David R. Marshall as Drill Instructor #1
- Gary C. Stillwell as Drill Instructor #2
- [John Laughlin](https://film.one/person/john-laughlin.md) as Troy
- Tee Dennard as Dilbert Dunker Instructor
- Norbert M. Murray as Altitude Chamber Instructor
- Daniel Tyler as New Recruit
- William S. Graves as Captain Graves
- Pia Boyer as Paula's Sister
- Danna Kiesel as Paula's Sister
- Meleesa Wyatt as Prostitute #1
- Jo Anna Keane as Prostitute #2
- Bernard Madrid as Platoon Member (uncredited)
- Randy Tat as New Recruit (uncredited)
- [Ed Begley Jr.](https://film.one/person/ed-begley-jr.md) as Altitude Chamber Instructor

## Directing

- [Taylor Hackford](https://film.one/person/taylor-hackford.md): Director
- Mary Ann Newfield: Script Supervisor
- David McGiffert: First Assistant Director
- Pamela M. Eilerson: Second Assistant Director
- Daniel J. Heffner: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Douglas Day Stewart](https://film.one/person/douglas-day-stewart.md): Writer

## Production

- Nancy Klopper: Casting
- [Martin Elfand](https://film.one/person/martin-elfand.md): Producer
- [Douglas Day Stewart](https://film.one/person/douglas-day-stewart.md): Associate Producer
- William R. Borden: Location Manager
- Paul G. Hensler: Location Manager
- Robert Schneider: Unit Production Manager
- Merv Adelson: Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Donald E. Thorin](https://film.one/person/donald-e-thorin.md): Director of Photography
- John Earl Burnett: Second Assistant Camera
- Dick Colean: Camera Operator
- Daniel R. Jordan: Key Grip
- Earl Clark: Camera Production Assistant
- Carol McCullough: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Peter Zinner](https://film.one/person/peter-zinner.md): Editor
- [Priscilla Nedd-Friendly](https://film.one/person/priscilla-nedd-friendly.md): Associate Editor
- Sonny Baskin: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Jack Nitzsche](https://film.one/person/jack-nitzsche.md): Original Music Composer
- Don Coufal: Boom Operator
- Robert 'Buzz' Knudson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Noyan Coşarer: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Kitty Malone: Foley Artist
- Don Digirolamo: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Clive Smith: Supervising Sound Editor
- Jeff Wexler: Sound Mixer
- Robert Glass: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

## Art

- [Philip M. Jefferies](https://film.one/person/philip-m-jefferies.md): Production Design
- John V. Cartwright: Art Direction
- James L. Berkey: Set Decoration
- Eugene S. Kelley: Construction Coordinator
- Dan Perri: Title Designer
- Erik L. Nelson: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Laurie Riley: Costume Supervisor
- Jerry O'Dell: Makeup Artist
- Marina Pedraza: Hairstylist
- Jim Gillespie: Makeup Artist
- Rita Riggs: Costume Supervisor

## Lighting

- James F. Boyle: Gaffer

## Crew

- Samuel M. Pace: Stunts
- Crew Chamberlain: Cableman
- [Jason Randal](https://film.one/person/jason-randal.md): Stunts
- Joseph P. Mercurio: Special Effects

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