Movie: Best Defense

Year: 1984

Also Known As: Best Defence

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Genres: Comedy | War

Cast: Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza, Helen Shaver, Mark Arnott, Peter Michael Goetz, Tom Noonan, David Rasche, Paul Comi…

Plot: 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.

Rated: 3.3/10 from 3,181 votes on IMDb

Release Date: 20 July 1984 (USA)

Runtime: 94

Tagline: On July 20th, America will see the best in comedy.

Countries: USA

Directors: Willard Huyck

Writers: Robert Grossbach, Gloria Katz

Budget: $18,000,000

Languages: English

Location: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA