Best Defense

Best Defense is a 1984 comedy film starring Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy. The original music score was composed by Patrick Williams. It was released by Paramount Pictures.

Cooper and Landry never directly interact during the film, but the plot shows how the decisions made by Cooper affect Landrys tank. A cut scene showed both Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy together, but was edited out from the final film.Cooper, an engineer for a troubled defense contractor, is in charge of designing the DYPgyro, a gyroscope for the armys new tank. The companys future hinges on the success of the project. Coopers gyro fails a crucial test, dooming the company. Downtrodden, Cooper later crosses paths with another engineer who has also designed a DYPgyro. When the other engineer dies, Moore takes the plans. A coworker claims later puts Wylies name on the plans, and when the new gyro works, Wylie is hailed for saving the company. ........

Source: Wikipedia