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Basic Training
Genres
Comedy
Overview
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
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
88 min
Release Date
1985-11-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
11
Vote Average
3.273
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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)
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