Best Defense

Best Defense (1984)

Unfortunately, they're both on our side.

  • Genre: Comedy, War
  • Release Date: 1984-07-20
  • User Rating: 4.1/10 from 111 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Willard Huyck
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Summary

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

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  • Dudley Moore

    as Wylie
  • Eddie Murphy

    as Landry
  • Kate Capshaw

    as Laura
  • George Dzundza

    as Loparino
  • Helen Shaver

    as Claire
  • Mark Arnott

    as Brank
  • Peter Michael Goetz

    as Joyner
  • Tom Noonan

    as Holtzman
  • David Rasche

    as Jeff
  • Paul Comi

    as Chief Agent
  • Darryl Henriques

    as Colonel Zayas
  • Joel Polis

    as First Agent
  • John A. Zee

    as Colonel McGuinn
  • Matthew Laurance

    as Ali
  • Christopher Maher

    as Sayyid
  • Lorry Goldman

    as Rupp
  • Charles David Richards

    as Mugger
  • Tyler Tyhurst

    as American Captain
  • Eduardo Ricard

    as Garcia Vega
  • William Marquez

    as Padilla
  • Deborah Fallender

    as Toni
  • Raye Birk

    as Sonny
  • Ellen Crawford

    as Sonya
  • Gene Dynarski

    as Gil
  • John Hostetter

    as Quirk
  • David Paymer

    as Kurly
  • Dennis Redfield

    as Specs
  • Jerry Hyman

    as Colonel Kleinman
  • Hugo Stanger

    as Blevin
  • Tracey Ross

    as Arab Girl
  • Michael Scalera

    as Morgan
  • Rob Wininger

    as Lt. Chapin
  • Gary Bayer

    as Lubell
Production Gloria Katz Producer
Directing Willard Huyck Director
Writing Gloria Katz Screenplay
Writing Robert Grossbach Novel
Writing Willard Huyck Screenplay
Sound Patrick Williams Original Music Composer
Camera Donald Peterman Director of Photography
Editing Sidney Wolinsky Editor
Costume & Make-Up Kristi Zea Costume Design
Sound Frank E. Warner Supervising Sound Editor
Production Robert Latham Brown Unit Production Manager
Crew Everett Creach Stunt Coordinator
Art Peter Jamison Production Design
Sound Gary S. Gerlich Sound Effects Editor
Camera Elliott Marks Still Photographer
Art R. Chris Westlund Set Decoration
Sound Richard Stone Music Editor
Art Bo Welch Art Direction
Production Austen Jewell Unit Production Manager
Sound Gregg Landaker Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Victoria Martin Sound Effects Editor
Sound Donald O. Mitchell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Rick Kline Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Directing Louise Jaffe Script Supervisor
Production Dianne Crittenden Casting
Sound Pat Suraci Boom Operator
Editing Martin Cohen First Assistant Editor
Crew Richard Johnson Special Effects
Production Eddie Murphy Executive Producer
Sound Robin Gregory Sound Mixer
Camera Laurie Ridley Still Photographer

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