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20 July 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
Unfortunately, they're both on our side. morePlot:
Wylie is a lazy engineer. Landry is a Sergeant specialising in Armour. They have never met but their... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Worst Offense more (25 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dudley Moore | ... | Wylie Cooper |
 | Eddie Murphy | ... | Lieutenant T.M. Landry |
 | Kate Capshaw | ... | Laura Cooper |
 | George Dzundza | ... | Steve Loparino |
 | Helen Shaver | ... | Clair Lewis |
 | Mark Arnott | ... | Harvey Brank |
 | Peter Michael Goetz | ... | Frank Joyner |
| Tom Noonan | ... | Frank Holtzman |
 | David Rasche | ... | Jeff the 'KBG' Agent |
| Paul Comi | ... | Chief Agent |
| Darryl Henriques | ... | Col. Zayas, San Salvador |
 | Joel Polis | ... | First Agent |
| John A. Zee | ... | Col. McGuinn |
| Matthew Laurance | ... | Ali, Landry's Tank Crew |
| Christopher Maher | ... | Sayyid, Landry's Tank Crew |
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Best Defence (UK) (poster title)A Melhor Defesa (Portugal) [pt]
A Melhor Defesa É o Ataque (Brazil) [pt]
A legjobb védekezés (Hungary) [hu]
Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung (West Germany) [de]
Det perfekta vapnet (Sweden) [sv]
La mejor defensa, el ataque (Spain) [es]
La miglior difesa è... la fuga (Italy) [it]
Najlepsza obrona jest atak (Poland) [pl]
Täydellinen ase (Finland) [fi]
To didymo tis symforas (Greece) [el]
Une défense canon (France) [fr]
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94 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-12 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Iceland:LFun Stuff
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When Kate Capshaw is humming the Raiders' March (the Indiana Jones theme), not only does it refer to her starring role, but it also alludes to the fact that Best Defense director Willard Huyck was the screenwriter for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). moreSoundtrack:
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No amount of alcohol can render this film bearable. I saw Eddie Murphy on Letterman a few years after this dog was released, talking about why he has to be careful with which scripts he accepts. He said, "A few years back I made a film called Best Defense. And it was bad. [looks into camera] REAL bad!"