Texas Tech University

An Officer and a Gentleman

Moving Image Item Number: 1179VI1151
Pages
0
Media Type
Moving Image
Credit
Capital Eqiupment Leasing, Ltd.
Physical Location
CS64.1
Copyright Statement
Paramount Pictures
Number of Media
1
Language(s)
English
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
Format
VHS
Time - Hr:Min:Sec
126:00
Digitized in HD?
No
Dates
Existence: 1981
General Note
Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in thirteen tortuos weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love and friendship. Louis Gossett, Jr. plays the tought drill instructor who teaches Zack that no man can make it alone. Despite Gossett's warnings about the local girls who get pregnant to catch themselves pilot husbands, Zack eventually learns to love one (Debra Winger).

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1179VI1151

Citation
An Officer and a Gentleman, 1179VI1151. 1981, Michael Cook Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1179VI1151, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1179VI1151, Michael Cook Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 25 Jun 2003 [Updated: 19 Nov 2013]