Best Defense (1984)
Unfortunately, they're both on our side.
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.
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Dudley MooreWylie Cooper
Eddie MurphyLieutenant T.M. Landry
Kate CapshawLaura Cooper
George DzundzaSteve Loparino
Helen ShaverClair Lewis
Pamela StonebrookSinger, Rive Gauche Room
Tom NoonanFrank Holtzman
David PaymerKurly
Tracey RossArab Girl
Elizabeth Reiko KubotaJapanese Singer
Paul ComiChief AgentKeywords
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What is Best Defense about?
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.
How long is Best Defense?
Best Defense has a runtime of 94 minutes.
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