Best Defense (1984)
Overview
An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $18,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $19,265,302.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 4.6309 |
Directed By
Willard Huyck
Crew
Willard Huyck
Robert Grossbach
Gloria Katz
Willard Huyck
Gloria Katz
Patrick Williams
Donald Peterman
Sidney Wolinsky
Louise Jaffe
Robert Latham Brown
Austen Jewell
Elliott Marks
Everett Creach
R. Chris Westlund
Dianne Crittenden
Peter Jamison
Bo Welch
Kristi Zea
Gregg Landaker
Donald O. Mitchell
Rick Kline
Frank E. Warner
Gary S. Gerlich
Victoria Martin
Pat Suraci
Richard Stone
Martin Cohen
Richard Johnson
Eddie Murphy
Robin Gregory
Laurie Ridley
TOP 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
Charles David Richards
Mugger
Tyler Tyhurst
American Captain
Eduardo Ricard
Garcia Vega
William Marquez
Padilla
Deborah Fallender
Toni
Raye Birk
Sonny
Ellen Crawford
Sonya
Gene Dynarski
Gil
John Hostetter
Quirk
David Paymer
Kurly
Dennis Redfield
Specs
Jerry Hyman
Colonel Kleinman
Hugo Stanger
Blevin
Tracey Ross
Arab Girl
Michael Scalera
Morgan
Rob Wininger
Lt. Chapin
Gary Bayer
Lubell
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