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  • Basic Training (1985)
  • R
    88 min | Comedy
Basic Training (1985)
R
88 min | Comedy

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. ...See moreMelinda 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. Written by Ed Sutton See less
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Director
Writer
Bernie Kahn (as Bernard M. Kahn)
Producers
Gilbert Adler (as Gil Adler) | Otto Salamon
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Nov 1985 (United States)

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32 cast members
Name Known for
Ann Dusenberry
Melinda Melinda   See fewer
Rhonda Shear
Debbie Debbie   See fewer
Angela Aames
Cheryl Cheryl   See fewer
Will Nye
Lt. Cranston Lt. Cranston   See fewer
Walter Gotell
Nabokov Nabokov   See fewer
Marty Brill
General Strombs General Strombs   See fewer
William A. Forester
General Kane General Kane   See fewer
Christopher Pennock
Major Magnum Major Magnum   See fewer
Mark Withers
Captain Drysdale Captain Drysdale   See fewer
Gerard Prendergast
Bill Slater Bill Slater   See fewer
Marty Cohen
Michael Michael   See fewer
Orly Oh
Tanya Tanya   See fewer
Linda Hoy
Miss Perkins Miss Perkins   See fewer
Kenny Ellis
Sidney Sidney   See fewer
Lynn Griffis
Reporter 1 Reporter 1   See fewer
John Ochoa
Reporter 2 Reporter 2   See fewer
Michael Greene
Dimitri Dimitri   See fewer
Mark Lowenthal
Vladimir Vladimir   See fewer
Sam Scarber
SWAT Leader SWAT Leader   See fewer
Ari Barak
Abdul Abdul   See fewer
Sammy Warren
Shoeshine Man Shoeshine Man   See fewer
Donald Fullilove
Typewriter Man Typewriter Man   See fewer
Cynthia Frost
Cleaning Woman Cleaning Woman   See fewer
Barbara Peckinpaugh
Salesgirl #1 Salesgirl #1   See fewer
Erika Dockery
Salesgirl 2 Salesgirl 2   See fewer
Fred Saxon
TV Newscaster TV Newscaster   See fewer
Patrick Dollaghan
Handsome Man Handsome Man   See fewer
Gilbert Adler
Security Guard (as Gil Adler) Security Guard (as Gil Adler)   See fewer
Ruth Jones
Elevator Operator Elevator Operator   See fewer
Gene Ross
Actor Actor   See fewer
Ellen Hughes
Stewardess (uncredited) Stewardess (uncredited)   See fewer
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