Weekend Warriors (also known as Hollywood Air Force) is a 1986 independently made American military service comedy film directed by Bert Convy and starring Chris Lemmon, Vic Tayback, Graham Jarvis, Lloyd Bridges, and Mark L. Taylor. It was distributed by Moviestore Entertainment and produced by Cami Taylor.
In 1961, shortly after the Bay of Pigs invasion, another world crisis with the Soviets looms in Berlin. A motley group of Hollywood actors, writers, stuntmen, makeup artists, and various studio personnel have avoided being drafted into regular military service: The misfit group, led by Hollywood screenwriter Vince Tucker (Chris Lemmon), have joined the California Air National Guard's air transport wing, "the Fighting 73rd", volunteering one weekend a month as "weekend warriors" in order to keep themselves at home.
They run afoul of visiting Congressman Ernest W. Balljoy (Graham Jarvis) when he comes upon one of their questionable and tasteless pranks while touring the airbase. In retaliation, to remove them from his district, he announces in a national press release that the 73rd is ready to be called up for active Air Force duty to meet the looming Soviet threat in Berlin (in actuality, Balljoy will see to it that they are transferred to the isolated Pacific island where the U.S. stores its atomic warheads). Now faced with having to pass a full Air National Guard readiness inspection or be drafted, Tucker and his Hollywood cronies must come up with a plan that will thwart Balljoy and insure they remain as weekend warriors.....
Directed by Bert Convy
Written by
Bruce Belland (story and screenplay)
Roy M. Rogosin (screenplay)
Produced by Cami Taylor
Starring
Chris Lemmon
Lloyd Bridges
Vic Tayback
Graham Jarvis
Narrated by Chris Lemmon
Cinematography Charles Minsky
Edited by Raja Gosnell
Music by Perry Botkin Jr.
Chris Lemmon as Vince Tucker
Vic Tayback as Sergeant Burge
Graham Jarvis as Congressman Ernest W. Balljoy
Lloyd Bridges as Colonel Archer
Mark L. Taylor as Captain Cabot
Brian Bradley as Seacomb
Alan Campbell as Duckworth
Marty Cohen as Decola
Daniel Greene as McCracken
Art Kimbro as Izzy
Matt McCoy as Ames
Jeff Meyer as Dawson
Frank Mugavero as Barker
Juney Smith as "Ain't"
Tom Villard as Seblinsky
Camille Saviola as Betty Beep
Brenda Strong as Danielle
Bruce Belland as Svenson
Stephen M. Bottroff as Romanian Ambassador
Deep Roy as Little girl (uncredited)
Douglas G. Rich as Handsome airman (uncredited)
Joe Hart as Officer Cooley
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