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Basic Training
Basic Training

Basic Training

Genres

Comedy

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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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

88 mins

Rating

3.8/10

Release Date

01 November 1985

Country

United States of America

Cast

Ann Dusenberry

Ann Dusenberry

Melinda

Rhonda Shear

Rhonda Shear

Debbie

Angela Aames

Angela Aames

Cheryl

Will Nye

Will Nye

Lt. Cranston

Walter Gotell

Walter Gotell

Nabokov

Marty Brill

Marty Brill

General Strombs

William A. Forester

William A. Forester

General Kane

Christopher Pennock

Christopher Pennock

Major Magnum

Mark Withers

Mark Withers

Captain Drysdale

Gerard Prendergast

Gerard Prendergast

Bill Slater

Marty Cohen

Marty Cohen

Michael

Orly Oh

Orly Oh

Tanya

Linda Hoy

Linda Hoy

Miss Perkins

Kenny Ellis

Kenny Ellis

Sidney

Gerald Berns

Gerald Berns

Steve

Lynn Griffis

Lynn Griffis

Reporter #1

John Ochoa

John Ochoa

Reporter #2

Michael Greene

Michael Greene

Dimitri

Mark Lowenthal

Mark Lowenthal

Vladimir

Sam Scarber

Sam Scarber

SWAT Leader

Ari Barak

Ari Barak

Abdul

Sammy Warren

Sammy Warren

Shoeshine Man

Donald Fullilove

Donald Fullilove

Typewriter Man

Cynthia Frost

Cynthia Frost

Cleaning Woman

Barbara Peckinpaugh

Barbara Peckinpaugh

Salesgirl #1

Erika Dockery

Erika Dockery

Salesgirl #2

Fred Saxon

Fred Saxon

TV Newscaster

Patrick Dollaghan

Patrick Dollaghan

Handsome Man

Gilbert Adler

Gilbert Adler

Security Guard

Ruth Jones

Ruth Jones

Elevator Operator

Ellen Hughes

Ellen Hughes

Stewardess (uncredited)

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