Blue Thunder (1983)
Blue Thunder (1983)
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Plot.
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
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Cast & Crew.
Roy Scheider
Murphy
Warren Oates
Braddock
Candy Clark
Kate
Daniel Stern
Lymangood
Paul Roebling
Icelan
David Sheiner
Fletcher
Joe Santos
Montoya
Malcolm McDowell
Cochrane
Ed Bernard
Sgt. Short
Jason Bernard
Mayor
Mario Machado
Self - Broadcaster
James Murtaugh
Alf Hewitt
Pat McNamara
Matusek
Jack Murdock
Kress
Clifford A. Pellow
Allen
Paul Lambert
Holmes
Phil Feldman
Colonel Coe / Executive Producer
John Garber
Tough Mechanic
Anthony James
Grundelius
Robin Braxton
Diane McNeely
Anna Forrest
Nudy Lucy
Ricky Slyter
Timmy
Reid Cruickshanks
Chief of Police
Billy Ray Sharkey
Air Controller #1
Fred Slyter
Air Controller #2
John Gladstein
Fighter Pilot
Ross Reynolds
Helicopter Pilot #1
Karl A. Wickman
Helicopter Pilot #2
James W. Gavin
Helicopter Pilot #3 / Second Unit Director
Thomas H. Friedkin
Helicopter Pilot #4
James Read
Policeman at Bridge
Mickey Gilbert
Policeman #1
William T. Lane
Policeman #2
Lolly Boroff
TV Director
Patti Clifton
Hooker
Ernest Harada
John
Frances E. Nealy
Mayor's Aide
Jose Pepe R. Gonzales
Drive-in Custodian
Jerry Ziesmer
Pilot / First Assistant Director
Tom Lawrence
Observer #1
John Ashby
Thief #1
Tony Brubaker
Thief #2 / Stunts
Norman Alexander Gibbs
Man in Beanie
Bill M. Ryusaki
Vietcong Soldier
Gary Davis
Motorcycle Cop
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Thug #1
Larry Randles
Thug #2
Peter Miller
Detective
Mike H. McGaughy
Observer #2
Lucinda Crosby
Bel-Air Woman
John Badham
Director
Gordon Carroll
Producer
Frank Morriss
Editor
Terry Leonard
Second Unit Director
David B. Nowell
Camera Operator
Phil Rawlins
Unit Production Manager
Chris Soldo
Second Assistant Director
Fred Tuch
Production Illustrator
John G. Wilson
Unit Production Manager
Frank M. Holgate
Aerial Camera
Daniel McCauley
First Assistant Director
Stu Pohn
Gaffer
Rob Harland
Location Manager
Dan O'Bannon
Screenplay
Don Jakoby
Screenplay
Sydney Z. Litwack
Art Direction
Tom Davies
Second Assistant Director
Trish Kinney
Script Supervisor
Catie Bangs
Set Designer
Norman Burza
Costumer
Larry C. Bird
Property Master
Pennie DuPont
Casting Assistant
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Ferris
Camera Operator
Chuck Gaspar
Special Effects Supervisor
Kevin G. Cremin
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Petko Kadiev
Production Illustrator
Bud Heller
Key Grip
John James
Location Manager
Scott Burrow
Sound Effects Editor
Jeff Jarvis
Special Effects
Robert A. Reich
Sound Effects Editor
Robert Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Milton C. Burrow
Sound Effects Editor
Don Digirolamo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bernie Cutler
Assistant Art Director
Ken Zimmerman
Assistant Property Master
John Glascock
Sound Mixer
Tim Cooney
Sound Mixer
William L. Manger
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Arthur Ottinger
Sound Effects Editor
Larry Stensvold
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kevin P. Donnelly
Stunt Double
David Horton Sr.
Sound Effects Editor
Calvin Brown
Utility Stunts
Peter Albiez
Special Effects
Al Litteken
Construction Coordinator
Bruce W. Talamon
Still Photographer
Chester Slomka
Sound Effects Editor
Glory Fioramonti
Stunts
Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Marianna Elliott
Costume Designer
Andrew Fogelson
Executive Producer
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 5, 1983
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Budget$22,000,000
Box Office$42,313,354
Filming LocationsCalifornia · Los Angeles, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
vietnam veteran
los angeles
high technology
high tech surveillance
co-worker
helicopter pilot
prototype
boyfriend girlfriend
police surveillance
traumatized man
Wiki.
Blue Thunder is a 1983 American action thriller film directed by John Badham.
The Blue Thunder helicopter itself did exist as two copies of modified French Aérospatiale Gazelles.
A spin-off television series, also called Blue Thunder, ran for 11 episodes in 1984.
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