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Best Defense

4.319841h 34mRMovieComedyWar

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

DirectorWillard Huyck
WritersGloria Katz·Willard Huyck
ProducersGloria Katz·Eddie Murphy

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Cast · Directed by Willard Huyck

DMDudley Moore
Dudley Moore
Wylie
EMEddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Landry
KCKate Capshaw
Kate Capshaw
Laura
GDGeorge Dzundza
George Dzundza
Loparino
HSHelen Shaver
Helen Shaver
Claire
MA
Mark Arnott
Brank
PGPeter Michael Goetz
Peter Michael Goetz
Joyner
TNTom Noonan
Tom Noonan
Holtzman
DRDavid Rasche
David Rasche
Jeff
PCPaul Comi
Paul Comi
Chief Agent
DHDarryl Henriques
Darryl Henriques
Colonel Zayas
JPJoel Polis
Joel Polis
First Agent

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