Best Defense (1984)
- Starring:
- Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, (more)
- Director(s):
- Willard Huyck
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
| Digital SD
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Synopsis of Best Defense
Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy try but fail to bring this flat comedy to life, while the story itself is hampered by intercutting between the years of 1982 in Los Angeles (Moore) and 1984 in Kuwait (Murphy), with no explanation of how these two disparate people and locations are related. Wylie (Moore) is an inept engineer trying to perfect a gyro system for his employers who contract projects with the U.S. defense department. Wylie accidentally gets some blueprints for another type of gyro -- and his company successfully manufactures the part, much to almost everyone's benefit. Unfortunately, these plans are coveted by a certain ruthless industrial spy (David Rasche), and the FBI itself is suspicious about the origins of the blueprints in Wylie's hands. Meanwhile (and in constant interspersed segments), Landry (Murphy) is trying to get his tank to stay on course, but no matter what he does the machine swerves and lunges at random -- could there be a gyro at fault here? ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 94 mins
Complete Cast of Best Defense
- Dudley Moore - Wylie
- Kate Capshaw - Laura
- George Dzundza - Loparino
- Mark Arnott - Brank
- Tom Noonan - Holtzman
- Gary Bayer - Lubell
- Stephen Bradley - Deputy Director
- Paul Comi - Chief Agent
- Dennis Redfield - Specs
- David Paymer - Kurly
- Christopher Maher - Sayyid
- Jim Jansen - Lieutenant
- Darryl Henriques - Col. Zayas
- John A. Zee - Col. McGuinn
- Gerald Jann - Engineer
- Pamela Stonebrook - Singer
- Jerry Hyman - Col. Kleinman
- Tyler Tyhurst - American Captain
- Ray Sharkey - Radio Man
- Lorry Goldman - Rupp
- Rick Dees - Himself
- Gene Dynarski - Gil
- Deborah Fallender - Toni
- Eddie Murphy - Landry
- Helen Shaver - Claire
- David Rasche - Jeff, Spy
- Peter Michael Goetz - Joyner
- Gabi Amrani - Old Villager
- Raye Birk - Sonny
- Burton Collins - Cameraman
- Rozsika Halmos - Seamstress
- Joel Polis - 1st Agent
- William Marquez - Padilla
- Sanford Jensen - 2nd Engineer
- John Hostetter - Quirk
- Matthew Laurance - Ali
- Jennifer Wallace - Waitress
- Renny Temple - Coffee Machine Mover
- Yulis Ruval - French Singer
- Javier Grajeda - Freddie Gomez
- Hugo L. Stanger - Blevin
- Eduardo Ricard - Garcia Vega
- Ellen Crawford - Sonya
- Jake Dengel - Doorman
- Paul Eiding - Tourist
- Director(s):
- Willard Huyck
- Writer(s):
- Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
- Producer(s):
- Gloria Katz
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Brief Nudity, Profanity, Nudity, Adult Humor, Adult Language, Not For Children, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Comedy, Action / Adventure
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