Basic Training
1985 | 88m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Andrew Sugerman |
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| Writer: | Bernie Kahn |
| Staring: |
| 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 | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1985 |
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| Director: | Andrew Sugerman |
| Writer: | Bernie Kahn |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Production Companies | Playboy Entertainment Group, Entertainment Events |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Andrew Sugerman | Director |
| Bernie Kahn | Writer |
| Stephen W. Gray | Director of Photography |
| Larry Bock | Editor |
| Barbara Claman | Casting |
| Warden Neil | Costume Design |
| Coby Turner | Script Supervisor |
| Victoria Burrows | Casting |
| Michael Cruz | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Otto Salamon | Producer |
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