Cast & crew
Best Defense (1984)
Directed by Willard Huyck Written by Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
Cast
| Dudley Moore | Wylie |
| Eddie Murphy | Landry |
| Mark Arnott | Brank |
| George Dzundza | Loparino |
| Helen Shaver | Claire |
| Kate Capshaw | Laura |
| Tom Noonan | Holtzman |
| Paul Comi | Chief Agent |
| Peter Michael Goetz | Joyner |
| David Rasche | Jeff |
| Darryl Henriques | Colonel Zayas |
| John A. Zee | Colonel McGuinn |
| Matthew Laurance | Ali |
| Christopher Maher | Sayyid |
| Joel Polis | First Agent |
| Charles David Richards | Mugger |
| Tyler Tyhurst | American Captain |
| Eduardo Ricard | Garcia Vega |
| Lorry Goldman | Rupp |
| Deborah Fallender | Toni |
| William Marquez | Padilla |
| Raye Birk | Sonny |
| Ellen Crawford | Sonya |
| Gene Dynarski | Gil |
| Dennis Redfield | Specs |
| Jerry Hyman | Colonel Kleinman |
| John Hostetter | Quirk |
| David Paymer | Kurly |
| Tracey Ross | Arab Girl |
| Michael Scalera | Morgan |
| Rob Wininger | Lt. Chapin |
| Gary Bayer | Lubell |
| Hugo Stanger | Blevin |
| Ronald Salley | Transportation Captain |
| Stephen Bradley | Deputy Director |
| Sanford Jensen | Second Engineer |
| Gerald Jann | Third Engineer |
| Paul Eiding | Tourist |
| Ziporah Tza | Ancient Kuwaiti Woman |
| Rozsika Halmos | FBI Seamstress |
| Jennifer Wallace | Waitress #1 - Casa Chihuahua |
| Renny Temple | Coffee Machine Mover |
| Gabi Amrani | Old Villager |
| Diane Carter | Technician |
| Burton Collins | Cameraman |
| Bill Geisslinger | Walkie-Talkie Agent |
| Jake Dengel | Hotel Doorman |
| Billy Ray Sharkey | Radio Man |
| Julie Ellis | Waitress #2 |
| Yitzhak Ne'eman | Refugee Man (as Itzhak Bbi Neeman) |
| Jim Jansen | Lieutenant |
| Patricia Pivaar | Gloria Webber, Ch. 6 News |
| Javier Grajeda | Fredie Gomez, Singer on TV |
| 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
| Patrick Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Donald Peterman | Director of Photography |
| Gloria Katz | Screenplay |
| Willard Huyck | Director |
| Willard Huyck | Screenplay |
| Gloria Katz | Producer |
| Robert Grossbach | Novel |
| Louise Jaffe | Script Supervisor |
| Sidney Wolinsky | Editor |
| Robert Latham Brown | Unit Production Manager |
| Austen Jewell | Unit Production Manager |
| Elliott Marks | Still Photographer |
| Everett Creach | Stunt Coordinator |
| Peter Jamison | Production Design |
| R. Chris Westlund | Set Decoration |
| Bo Welch | Art Direction |
| Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kristi Zea | Costume Design |
| 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 |