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 |
| Writing | Douglas Day Stewart | Screenplay |
| Production | Martin Elfand | Producer |
| Sound | Jack Nitzsche | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Donald E. Thorin | Director of Photography |
| Production | Nancy Klopper | Casting |
| Art | Philip M. Jefferies | Production Design |
| Production | Douglas Day Stewart | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Peter Zinner | Editor |
| Art | John V. Cartwright | Art Direction |
| Art | James L. Berkey | Set Decoration |
| Production | Robert Schneider | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | William R. Borden | Location Manager |
| Production | Paul G. Hensler | Location Manager |
| Directing | Mary Ann Newfield | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Merv Adelson | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jerry O'Dell | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Pedraza | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jim Gillespie | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Pamela M. Eilerson | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Daniel J. Heffner | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | David McGiffert | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Eugene S. Kelley | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Noyan Cosarer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Clive Smith | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Kitty Malone | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Crew Chamberlain | Cableman |
| Crew | Joseph P. Mercurio | Special Effects |
| Crew | Samuel M. Pace | Stunts |
| Crew | Jason Randal | Stunts |
| Lighting | James F. Boyle | Gaffer |
| Camera | Earl Clark | Camera Production Assistant |
| Camera | Dick Colean | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Daniel R. Jordan | Key Grip |
| Camera | John Earl Burnett | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Carol McCullough | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Riggs | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laurie Riley | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Sonny Baskin | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Art | Erik L. Nelson | Property Master |
