Best Defense
"Unfortunately, they're both on our side."
An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
Cast
Dudley Moore
Wylie
Eddie Murphy
Landry
Kate Capshaw
Laura
George Dzundza
Loparino
Helen Shaver
Claire
Mark Arnott
Brank
Peter Michael Goetz
Joyner
Tom Noonan
Holtzman
David Rasche
Jeff
Paul Comi
Chief Agent
Darryl Henriques
Colonel Zayas
Joel Polis
First Agent
John A. Zee
Colonel McGuinn
Matthew Laurance
Ali
Christopher Maher
Sayyid
Lorry Goldman
Rupp
Charles David Richards
Mugger
Tyler Tyhurst
American Captain
Eduardo Ricard
Garcia Vega
William Marquez
Padilla
Deborah Fallender
Toni
Raye Birk
Sonny
Ellen Crawford
Sonya
Gene Dynarski
Gil
John Hostetter
Quirk
David Paymer
Kurly
Dennis Redfield
Specs
Jerry Hyman
Colonel Kleinman
Hugo Stanger
Blevin
Tracey Ross
Arab Girl
Michael Scalera
Morgan
Rob Wininger
Lt. Chapin
Gary Bayer
Lubell
Ronald Salley
Transportation Captain
Paul Eiding
Tourist
Stephen Bradley
Deputy Director
Sanford Jensen
Second Engineer
Gerald Jann
Third Engineer
Jennifer Wallace
Waitress #1 - Casa Chihuahua
Renny Temple
Coffee Machine Mover
Ziporah Tza
Ancient Kuwaiti Woman
Gabi Amrani
Old Villager
Rozsika Halmos
FBI Seamstress
Diane Carter
Technician
Jake Dengel
Hotel Doorman
Billy Ray Sharkey
Radio Man
Burton Collins
Cameraman
Bill Geisslinger
Walkie-Talkie Agent
Yitzhak Ne'eman
Refugee Man (as Itzhak Bbi Neeman)
Jim Jansen
Lieutenant
Javier Grajeda
Fredie Gomez, Singer on TV
Patricia Pivaar
Gloria Webber, Ch. 6 News
Julie Ellis
Waitress #2
Lillian Müller
French Singer (as Yuliis Ruval)
Pamela Stonebrook
Singer, Rive Gauche Room
Elizabeth Reiko Kubota
Japanese Singer (as Elizabeth Kubota)
Rick Dees
Rick Dees
Chuck Street
Chuck Street
David Eisen
Engineer (uncredited)
D. David Morin
TV Reporter (uncredited)
Danny Nero
Engineer (uncredited)
Crew
Willard Huyck
Director
Robert Grossbach
Novel
Gloria Katz
Screenplay
Willard Huyck
Screenplay
Gloria Katz
Producer
Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer
Donald Peterman
Director of Photography
Sidney Wolinsky
Editor
Louise Jaffe
Script Supervisor
Robert Latham Brown
Unit Production Manager
Austen Jewell
Unit Production Manager
Elliott Marks
Still Photographer
Everett Creach
Stunt Coordinator
R. Chris Westlund
Set Decoration
Dianne Crittenden
Casting
Peter Jamison
Production Design
Bo Welch
Art Direction
Kristi Zea
Costume Design
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Editor
Gary S. Gerlich
Sound Effects Editor
Victoria Martin
Sound Effects Editor
Pat Suraci
Boom Operator
Richard Stone
Music Editor
Martin Cohen
First Assistant Editor
Richard Johnson
Special Effects
Eddie Murphy
Executive Producer
Robin Gregory
Sound Mixer
Laurie Ridley
Still Photographer