Film 1984 94 min

Best Defense

Name: Best Defense
Director: Willard Huyck
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1984-07-20
Rating: 4.3
Cast: Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza, Helen Shaver

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

TMDB Rating ★ 4.3

Votes 131

Director Willard Huyck

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Comedy War

The Story

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

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

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