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Best Defense

“Unfortunately, they're both on our side.”

Movie
4.3
Rating
(127 votes)
1h 34m
Runtime
1984
Released
2
Popularity

Genres

Comedy
War

Overview

An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.

Status

Released

Original Title

Best Defense

Release Date

1984-07-20

Languages

English

Budget

USD 18,000,000

Revenue

USD 19,265,302

Profit

USD 1,265,302

Directors

Willard HuyckWillard Huyck

Writers

Willard Huyck
Willard HuyckScreenplay
Gloria Katz
Gloria KatzScreenplay

Cast

Dudley Moore

Dudley Moore

Wylie

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Landry

Kate Capshaw

Kate Capshaw

Laura

George Dzundza

George Dzundza

Loparino

Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver

Claire

Mark Arnott

Where to watch

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Brank

Peter Michael Goetz

Peter Michael Goetz

Joyner

Tom Noonan

Tom Noonan

Holtzman

David Rasche

David Rasche

Jeff

Paul Comi

Paul Comi

Chief Agent

Darryl Henriques

Darryl Henriques

Colonel Zayas

Joel Polis

Joel Polis

First Agent

John A. Zee

Colonel McGuinn

Matthew Laurance

Matthew Laurance

Ali

Christopher Maher

Christopher Maher

Sayyid

Lorry Goldman

Lorry Goldman

Rupp

Charles David Richards

Charles David Richards

Mugger

Tyler Tyhurst

American Captain

Eduardo Ricard

Garcia Vega

William Marquez

William Marquez

Padilla

Deborah Fallender

Deborah Fallender

Toni

Raye Birk

Raye Birk

Sonny

Ellen Crawford

Ellen Crawford

Sonya

Gene Dynarski

Gene Dynarski

Gil

John Hostetter

John Hostetter

Quirk

David Paymer

David Paymer

Kurly

Dennis Redfield

Dennis Redfield

Specs

Jerry Hyman

Colonel Kleinman

Hugo Stanger

Blevin

Tracey Ross

Tracey Ross

Arab Girl

Michael Scalera

Morgan

Rob Wininger

Lt. Chapin

Gary Bayer

Lubell

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