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Unfortunately, they're both on our side. - Best Defense
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Title: Best Defense

Release Date: 20 Jul 1984

Runtime: 1h 34m

Genre: Comedy, War

Director: Paramount Pictures, Cinema Group Ventures, Eddie Murphy Productions

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Cinema Group Ventures, Eddie Murphy Productions

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

Additional Information

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Ratings

Average Vote: 4.1 (114 votes)

Cast

  • Wylie: Dudley Moore
  • Landry: Eddie Murphy
  • Laura: Kate Capshaw
  • Loparino: George Dzundza
  • Claire: Helen Shaver
  • Brank: Mark Arnott
  • Joyner: Peter Michael Goetz
  • Holtzman: Tom Noonan
  • Jeff: David Rasche
  • Chief Agent: Paul Comi
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