Best Defense - 1984

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.

94min
1984
R
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating3.8/10

Cast

Dudley Moore profile pictureDudley MooreWylie Cooper
Eddie Murphy profile pictureEddie MurphyLieutenant T.M. Landry
Kate Capshaw profile pictureKate CapshawLaura Cooper
George Dzundza profile pictureGeorge DzundzaSteve Loparino
Helen Shaver profile pictureHelen ShaverClair Lewis
Pamela Stonebrook profile picturePamela StonebrookSinger, Rive Gauche Room
Tom Noonan profile pictureTom NoonanFrank Holtzman
Tracey Ross profile pictureTracey RossArab Girl
Elizabeth Reiko Kubota profile pictureElizabeth Reiko KubotaJapanese Singer
Paul Comi profile picturePaul ComiChief Agent

About Best Defense

Best Defense Overview

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.

Age Rating: R
Runtime: 94min

Extra details

Original Title: Best Defense
Original Language: English
Budget: $18,000,000.00
Revenue: $19,265,302.00
Directed By: Willard Huyck
Production Companies
ParamountCinema Group Ventures