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Best Defense

Best Defense1984

★4.394 minComedyWar

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

Director

Writer

Willard Huyck Gloria Katz

Score

Patrick Williams

Stars

Dudley Moore Eddie Murphy Kate Capshaw

Cast61

Dudley Moore
as Wylie
Eddie Murphy
as Landry
Kate Capshaw
as Laura
George Dzundza
as Loparino
Helen Shaver
as Claire
M
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
J
John A. Zee
as Colonel McGuinn
Matthew Laurance
as Ali
Christopher Maher
as Sayyid
Lorry Goldman
as Rupp
Charles David Richards
as Mugger
T
Tyler Tyhurst
as American Captain
E
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
D
Dennis Redfield
as Specs
J
Jerry Hyman
as Colonel Kleinman
H
Hugo Stanger
as Blevin
Tracey Ross
as Arab Girl
M
Michael Scalera
as Morgan
R
Rob Wininger
as Lt. Chapin
G
Gary Bayer
as Lubell
R
Ronald Salley
as Transportation Captain
Paul Eiding
as Tourist
S
Stephen Bradley
as Deputy Director
S
Sanford Jensen
as Second Engineer
G
Gerald Jann
as Third Engineer
J
Jennifer Wallace
as Waitress #1 - Casa Chihuahua
R
Renny Temple
as Coffee Machine Mover
Z
Ziporah Tza
as Ancient Kuwaiti Woman
Gabi Amrani
as Old Villager
Rozsika Halmos
as FBI Seamstress
D
Diane Carter
as Technician
Jake Dengel
as Hotel Doorman
Billy Ray Sharkey
as Radio Man
B
Burton Collins
as Cameraman
B
Bill Geisslinger
as Walkie-Talkie Agent
Y
Yitzhak Ne'eman
as Refugee Man (as Itzhak Bbi Neeman)
Jim Jansen
as Lieutenant
Javier Grajeda
as Fredie Gomez, Singer on TV
P
Patricia Pivaar
as Gloria Webber, Ch. 6 News
J
Julie Ellis
as Waitress #2
Lillian Müller
as French Singer (as Yuliis Ruval)
P
Pamela Stonebrook
as Singer, Rive Gauche Room
Elizabeth Reiko Kubota
as Japanese Singer (as Elizabeth Kubota)
Rick Dees
as Rick Dees
C
Chuck Street
as Chuck Street
David Eisen
as Engineer (uncredited)
D. David Morin
as TV Reporter (uncredited)
D
Danny Nero
as Engineer (uncredited)

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