Blue Thunder 1983

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 109 min

genre: action

theme: neo-noir

director: John Badham

Score: 5 / 10

Blue Thunder is a 1983 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by John Badham and starring Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern, Candy Clark and Warren Oates.

Plot

Frank Murphy is a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) air support division pilot and troubled Vietnam War Veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder. His newly assigned observer is rookie officer Richard Lymangood. The two patrol the city by helicopter and give assistance to police forces on the ground when needed.

Cast

More details

author	Dan O'Bannon Dean Riesner Don Jakoby
contentLocation	California Los Angeles
director	John Badham
editor	Edward M. Abroms Frank Morriss
events	aviation Los Angeles Police Department
genre	action thriller
keywords	1984 summer olympics 360° loop advanced air national guard ambush arco plaza army colonel arrest autorotation begin bell 206 build city council city national plaza civic disobedience claim conspirator erase even f-16 freight train general dynamics f-16 fighting falcon government official hughes 500 hyperspectral imaging immelmann turn kill land little tokyo los angeles river los angeles river viaduct md helicopters md 500 meet mojave desert mug national guard police department police force robbery run security guard sixth street viaduct test flight test pilot thermal infrared scanners trying to escape turn tv station u-matic united states army urban riot video cassette video cassette recorder vietnam war vietnam war veteran voyeurism war on crime war veteran
musicBy	Arthur B. Rubinstein
nomination	Academy Award for Best Film Editing
producer	Gordon Carroll Phil Feldman
productionCompany	Ray Stark
publisher	Columbia Pictures
recordedAt	California Los Angeles
theme	neo-noir urban