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4.3An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
Released: 1984-07-2094 minDir: Willard HuyckComedy, WarBudget: $18.0MBox office: $19.3M
Cast
- Dudley Moore as Wylie
- Eddie Murphy as Landry
- Kate Capshaw as Laura
- George Dzundza as Loparino
- Helen Shaver as Claire
- Mark Arnott as Brank
Themes
- army
- middle east
- armor
- kgb
- engineer
- error
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Ratings
IMDb
3.8/10
6,494 votes
Metacritic
29/100
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Willard Huyck
- Screenwriter
- Gloria Katz
- Cast member
- Joel Polis
- Composer
- Patrick Williams
- Producer
- Gloria Katz
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Donald Peterman
- Narrative location
- Kuwait
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 808793
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1985-05-24
- title
- Best Defense
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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