Film

Best Defense

1984 · 1h 34m · Comedy · War

Unfortunately, they're both on our side.

IMDb

3.8

Metacritic

29

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

John A. Zee

Colonel McGuinn

Matthew Laurance

Ali

Christopher Maher

Sayyid

Lorry Goldman

Rupp

• Willard HuyckScreenplay · Director
• Gloria KatzProducer · Screenplay
• Robert GrossbachNovel
• Eddie MurphyExecutive Producer
• Donald PetermanDirector of Photography
• Patrick WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Sidney WolinskyEditor
• Dianne CrittendenCasting

Best Defense - Trailer

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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