Film
Best Defense
1984 · 1h 34m · Comedy · War
Unfortunately, they're both on our side.
- IMDb
- 3.8
- Metacritic
- 29
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Overview
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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Cast
Dudley Moore
Wylie
Eddie Murphy
Landry
Kate Capshaw
Laura
George Dzundza
Loparino
Helen Shaver
Claire
Mark Arnott
Brank
Peter Michael Goetz
Joyner
Tom Noonan
Holtzman
David Rasche
Jeff
Paul Comi
Chief Agent
Darryl Henriques
Colonel Zayas
Joel Polis
First Agent
John A. Zee
Colonel McGuinn
Matthew Laurance
Ali
Christopher Maher
Sayyid
Lorry Goldman
Rupp
Crew
- Willard HuyckScreenplay · Director
- Gloria KatzProducer · Screenplay
- Robert GrossbachNovel
- Eddie MurphyExecutive Producer
- Donald PetermanDirector of Photography
- Patrick WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney WolinskyEditor
- Dianne CrittendenCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 20, 1984
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Revenue
- $19,265,302
- Genres
- Comedy, War
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