Verbitterd door de dood van zijn moeder, besluit de eenling Zack Mayo een officiersopleiding te volgen op de marinebasis van Port Rainier. Tijdens de bikkelharde opleiding sluit hij vriendschap met Sid Worley, een jongen die in het leger zit om de familietraditie in ere te houden.
Nee, helaas is An Officer and a Gentleman nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Taylor Hackford | Director |
| Production | Nancy Klopper | Casting |
| Writing | Douglas Day Stewart | Screenplay |
| Art | Philip M. Jefferies | Production Design |
| Camera | Donald E. Thorin | Director of Photography |
| Production | Martin Elfand | Producer |
| Sound | Jack Nitzsche | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Douglas Day Stewart | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Mary Ann Newfield | Script Supervisor |
| Art | John V. Cartwright | Art Direction |
| Art | James L. Berkey | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Peter Zinner | Editor |
| Production | William R. Borden | Location Manager |
| Production | Paul G. Hensler | Location Manager |
| Production | Robert Schneider | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Samuel M. Pace | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laurie Riley | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | John Earl Burnett | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Robert Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Crew Chamberlain | Cableman |
| Camera | Dick Colean | Camera Operator |
| Directing | David McGiffert | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Noyan Cosarer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Pamela M. Eilerson | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kitty Malone | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Jason Randal | Stunts |
| Production | Merv Adelson | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jerry O'Dell | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Daniel J. Heffner | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Joseph P. Mercurio | Special Effects |
| Lighting | James F. Boyle | Gaffer |
| Editing | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Sonny Baskin | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Pedraza | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jim Gillespie | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Clive Smith | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Daniel R. Jordan | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Riggs | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Eugene S. Kelley | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Earl Clark | Camera Production Assistant |
| Camera | Carol McCullough | Still Photographer |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Art | Erik L. Nelson | Property Master |
