Blue Thunder

Movie Description

Roy Scheider stars in this intense action thriller as a courageous police officer pilot battling government fanatics planning to misuse an experiment attack helicopter. Chosen to test Blue Thunder, Frank Murphy is amazed by the high-speed high-tech chopper. It can see through walls, record a whisper or level a city block. Distrusting the military mentality behind Blue Thunder, Murphy and his partner Lymangood soon discover that the remarkable craft is slated for use as the ultimate weapon in surveillance and crowd control. Jeopardized after being discovered by sinister Colonel Cochrane, Murphy flies Blue Thunder against military aircraft in a spellbinding contest over Los Angeles.

Director

•   John Badham

Cast

•   Roy Scheider (Officer Frank Murphy)
•   Warren Oates (Capt. Jack Braddock)
•   Candy Clark (Kate)
•   Daniel Stern (Officer Richard Lymangood)
•   Paul Roebling (Icelan)
•   David Sheiner (Fletcher)
•   Joe Santos (Montoya)
•   Malcolm McDowell (Col. F.E. Cochrane)
•   Ed Bernard (Sgt. Short)
•   Jason Bernard (Mayor)
•   Mario Machado (Himself)
•   James Murtaugh (Alf Hewitt)
•   Pat McNamara (Matusek)
•   Jack Murdock (Kress)
•   Clifford A. Pellow (Allen (as Clifford Pellow))
•   Paul Lambert (Holmes)
•   Phil Feldman (Col. Coe)
•   Norman Alexander Gibbs (Man in Beanie)
•   Bill M. Ryusaki (Vietcong Soldier (as Bill Ryusaki))
•   Gary Davis (Motorcycle Cop)
•   Thomas Rosales Jr. (Thug (as Tom Rosales))
•   Larry Randles (Thug)
•   Peter Miller (Detective)
•   Mike H. McGaughy (Observer (as Mike McGaughy))
•   Lucinda Crosby (Bel-Air Woman)
•   Shaaron Claridge (Police Dispatcher (uncredited))
•   Ted King (Car crash rescuer (uncredited))
•   Terry Leonard (Assault Man 2 (uncredited))
•   Frank Morriss (F-16 Pilot (uncredited))
•   John Garber (Tough mechanic)
•   Anthony James (Grundeltus)
•   Robin Braxton (Diane McNeely (as Robin Brantos))
•   Anna Forrest (Nudy Lucy)
•   Ricky Slyter (Timmy)
•   Reid Cruickshanks (Chief of Police)
•   Billy Ray Sharkey (Air controller)
•   Fred Slyter (Air controller)
•   John Gladstein (Fighter pilot)
•   Ross Reynolds (Helicoper pilot)
•   Karl A. Wickman (Helicopter Pilot)
•   James W. Gavin (Helicopter Pilot)
•   Thomas H. Friedkin (Helicopter Pilot (as Tom Friedkin))
•   James Read (Policeman at Bridge)
•   Mickey Gilbert (Policeman)
•   William T. Lane (Policeman (as Bill Lane))
•   Patti Clifton (Hooker)
•   Ernest Harada (John)
•   Frances E. Nealy (Mayor's Aide)
•   Jose Pepe R. Gonzales (Drive-In Custodian)
•   Jerry Ziesmer (Pilot)
•   Tom Lawrence (Observer)
•   John Ashby (Thief)
•   Tony Brubaker (Thief)