Best Defense
Unfortunately, they're both on our side.
Rating: 4.3 out of 10TMDB(131 votes)
Overview
An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
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Box office
Grossed $19.3M worldwide on a $18M budget
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Setting
Set in Kuwait
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Music
Music by Patrick Williams
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Donald Peterman
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Gloria KatzScreenplay
- Robert GrossbachNovel
- Willard HuyckScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 20, 1984
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $18M
- Revenue
- $19.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Dudley MooreWylie
Eddie MurphyLandry
Kate CapshawLaura
George DzundzaLoparino
Helen ShaverClaire- Mark ArnottBrank
Peter Michael GoetzJoyner
Tom NoonanHoltzman
David RascheJeff
Paul ComiChief Agent
Darryl HenriquesColonel Zayas
Joel PolisFirst Agent- John A. ZeeColonel McGuinn
Matthew LauranceAli
Christopher MaherSayyid
Lorry GoldmanRupp
Charles David RichardsMugger- Tyler TyhurstAmerican Captain
- Eduardo RicardGarcia Vega
William MarquezPadilla
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