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Best Defense (1984)

Unfortunately, they're both on our side.

Genre : Comedy, Action

Runtime : 1H 34M

Director : Willard Huyck
Writer : Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck

Synopsis

Wylie is a lazy engineer. Landry is a Sergeant specialising in Armour. They have never met but their lives become entangled when Landry must take the tank Wylie designed into combat. Wylie is waiting for his employer to go out of business when he meets another engineer who gives him a disk with the plans for a system that will save his employer. The other engineer is dead moments later leaving Wylie with the disk and credit for the design. Suddenly Wylie is no longer a hack, but the saviour of his company and finds his life is no longer the same.

Actors

Dudley Moore
Dudley Moore
Wylie Cooper
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Lieutenant T.M. Landry
Kate Capshaw
Kate Capshaw
Laura Cooper
George Dzundza
George Dzundza
Steve Loparino
Helen Shaver
Helen Shaver
Clair Lewis
Pamela Stonebrook
Pamela Stonebrook
Singer, Rive Gauche Room
Tom Noonan
Tom Noonan
Frank Holtzman
David Paymer
David Paymer
Kurly
Tracey Ross
Tracey Ross
Arab Girl
Elizabeth Reiko Kubota
Elizabeth Reiko Kubota
Japanese Singer

Crews

Willard Huyck
Willard Huyck
Director
Robert Grossbach
Robert Grossbach
Novel
Gloria Katz
Gloria Katz
Screenplay
Willard Huyck
Willard Huyck
Screenplay
Gloria Katz
Gloria Katz
Producer
Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer
Donald Peterman
Donald Peterman
Director of Photography
Sidney Wolinsky
Sidney Wolinsky
Editor
Louise Jaffe
Louise Jaffe
Script Supervisor
Robert Latham Brown
Robert Latham Brown
Unit Production Manager
Austen Jewell
Austen Jewell
Unit Production Manager
Elliott Marks
Elliott Marks
Still Photographer
Everett Creach
Everett Creach
Stunt Coordinator
R. Chris Westlund
R. Chris Westlund
Set Decoration
Dianne Crittenden
Dianne Crittenden
Casting
Peter Jamison
Peter Jamison
Production Design
Bo Welch
Bo Welch
Art Direction
Kristi Zea
Kristi Zea
Costume Design
Gregg Landaker
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Kline
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank E. Warner
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Editor
Gary S. Gerlich
Gary S. Gerlich
Sound Effects Editor
Victoria Martin
Victoria Martin
Sound Effects Editor
Pat Suraci
Pat Suraci
Boom Operator
Richard Stone
Richard Stone
Music Editor
Martin Cohen
Martin Cohen
First Assistant Editor
Robin Gregory
Robin Gregory
Sound Mixer
Laurie Ridley
Laurie Ridley
Still Photographer

Trailers and other movies

Best Defense - Trailer

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