Best Defense (1984)
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2025-09 to 2026-08
Directors
Willard Huyck
Cast
Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza, Helen Shaver
The story
The film takes place as two parallel plots separated by a couple of years: In 1982, Wylie Cooper is an engineer developing a targeting system on a tank for the United States Army. In 1984, US Army tank commander Lt. T.M.
Genres
Satire On War, action comedy film, spy film, war film
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