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Jul 20, 1984 · Best Defense: Directed by Willard Huyck. With Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza. A military weapons engineer struggles to do his job responsibly, while a hapless tank commander has to live with the consequences in combat years later.
- (6.3K)
- Comedy, War
- Willard Huyck
- 1984-07-20
Budget. $18 million. Box office. $19,265,302 (domestic) [1] Best Defense is a 1984 American action comedy film, starring Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy. [2] The original music score was composed by Patrick Williams. [2] It was released by Paramount Pictures. [2] The film follows the lives of two different characters, who never interact.
- $18 million
- July 20, 1984 (U.S.)
- Gloria Katz
- Patrick Williams
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 ...
Rent Best Defense on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. An engineer (Dudley Moore) fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer ...
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- Willard Huyck
- R
- Dudley Moore
Director, Screenplay. Robert Grossbach. Novel. Gloria Katz. Screenplay. 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 ...
Apr 8, 2002 · Each of these films is an undisputed classic today, but even at the time, his films were lauded. Six of his screenplays were nominated for Oscars between 1941-1950. Three of his eight Best Director nominations also came during this period. Billy Wilder claimed the American Dream; he was successfully playing by his own rules.
