Best Defense
Unfortunately, they're both on our side.
Genres
Overview
An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
Details
Budget
$18000000
Revenue
$19265302
Runtime
94 min
Release Date
1984-07-20
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
123
Vote Average
4.3
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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