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Basic Training 1985 Directed by Andrew Sugerman

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

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Languages English , Spanish
Release Date 1 November 1985
88 mins
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Will Nye Lt. Cranston
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
Lynn Griffis Reporter #1
John Ochoa Reporter #2
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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