''Defense Play'' is a 1988 American

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directed by

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, and starring David Oliver, Susan Ursitti, Monte Markham, Eric Gilliom, Jamie McMurray, Jack Esformes, and

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. The film was released by

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on September 9, 1988.

Plot

Professor Vandemeer works on a secret project for the US-Air-Force called DART: a very small helicopter for scouting and defense. When he gets killed, Colonel Denton gets under suspicion. His son Scott and Vandemeers daughter Karen believe in his innocence and search for the true murderer and his motives.

Cast

* David Oliver as Scott Denton * Susan Ursitti as Karen Vandemeer *Monte Markham as Mark Denton *Eric Gilliom as Bill Starkey *Jamie McMurray as Norm Beltzer *Jack Esformes as Eddie Dietz *

as General Phillips *

Tom Rosqui Thomas Francis Rosqui (June 12, 1928 – April 12, 1991) was an American character actor known for his versatility at portraying a variety of stage and film roles. Born in Oakland, California, the son of a Portuguese mother, Sally (née Fern ...

as Chief Gill *Milos Kirek as Anton *Patch Mackenzie as Ann Denton *

Terence Cooper Terence Cooper (5 July 1933 – 16 September 1997) was a British film actor, best known for his roles in Australian and New Zealand television and film. Biography Born in 1933 at Carnmoney, a district of the modern-day borough of Newtownabbey ...

as Professor Vandemeer *Susan Krebs as Margaret Fields *Jonathon Wise as Nick *Dah-ve Chodan as Audrey Denton *Ron Recasner as Mike Agee *J. Downing as Nicholai *Allan Kolman as Russian Radioman *

Glenn Morshower Glenn Morshower is an American character actor. He is best known for playing Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce in '' 24'' and Colonel (later General) Sharp Morshower in the ''Transformers'' film series. He has also appeared in many feature fil ...

as Bartender *

Rutanya Alda Rutanya Alda (born Rūta Skrastiņa; October 13, 1942) is a Latvian-American actress. She began her career in the late 1960s, and went on to have supporting parts in '' The Deer Hunter'' (1978), '' Rocky II'' (1979), and ''Mommie Dearest'' (1981). ...

as Victoria Vandemeer *Stacey Adams as Kelly *

Jim Beaver James Norman Beaver Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and film historian. He is most familiar to worldwide audiences as Bobby Singer in ''Supernatural''. He also played Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series ...

as FBI Man *

John Ingle John Houston Ingle (May 7, 1928 – September 16, 2012) was an American actor best known for his roles as scheming patriarch Edward Quartermaine in the ABC soap opera '' General Hospital'' and Mr. Threehorn, the father of the main characte ...

as Senator *Elliot Jonathan Klein as Air Force Colonel (uncredited) *Tony Lima as (uncredited) *Stephen Tako as Inspector (uncredited) *Thadd Turner as Rancher (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1980s action drama films 1988 films American action drama films 1988 drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films English-language action drama films {{action-drama-film-stub