Directed by:
John BadhamCinematography:
John A. AlonzoComposer:
Arthur B. RubinsteinCast:
Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, David Sheiner, Joe Santos, Malcolm McDowell, Mario Machado, James Read, Peter Miller, Terry Leonard (more)Plots(1)
Blue Thunder is a helicopter specially modified for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. It's makers want to show what it will do, but have to train a Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy, to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in the city. (Mediumrare Entertainment)
Cast
![Roy Scheider](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267381_f2a54e.jpg)
Roy Scheider
USA
Best movies:
Jaws (1975)
The Rainmaker (1997)
The French Connection (1971)
![Warren Oates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/262/163262219_47f7f7.jpg)
Warren Oates
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
![Candy Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/390/161390698_39379e.jpg)
Candy Clark
USA
Best movies:
Zodiac (2007)
American Graffiti (1973)
Niagara, Niagara (1997)
![Daniel Stern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/037/165037529_f1394f.jpg)
Daniel Stern
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Next Three Days (2010)
![David Sheiner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/474/159474612_867269.jpg)
David Sheiner
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Joe Santos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455796_65eb55.jpg)
Joe Santos
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Zandy's Bride (1974)
![Malcolm McDowell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/230/160230800_46c0da.jpg)
Malcolm McDowell
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Raging Moon (1971)
Mario Machado
China
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Brian's Song (1971) (TV movie)
RoboCop (1987)
![James Read](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274005_c7afcc.jpg)
James Read
USA
Best movies:
North and South (1985) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Beaches (1988)
Peter Miller
Best movies:
Gettysburg (1993)
The Onion Field (1979)
The In-Laws (1979)
Terry Leonard
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
![Thomas Rosales Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812622_d0567a.jpg)
Thomas Rosales Jr.
USA
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Heat (1995)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
![Anthony James](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763667_defbd5.jpg)
Anthony James
USA
Best movies:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Unforgiven (1992)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
![Paul Lambert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000202_300b9b.gif)
Paul Lambert
USA
Best movies:
Planet of the Apes (1968)
All the President's Men (1976)
Spartacus (1960)
Lance Rosen
Best movies:
The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2009)
Blue Thunder (1983)
The Last Innocent Man (1987) (TV movie)
![Clifford A. Pellow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/265/160265818_0dcec3.gif)
Clifford A. Pellow
Canada
Best movies:
The Hustler (1961)
Magnum Force (1973)
Bound for Glory (1976)
![Reid Cruickshanks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/415/160415132_683fcc.jpg)
Reid Cruickshanks
USA
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
Something Wild (1961)
Runaway Train (1985)
James Murtaugh
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
Private Parts (1997)
Invincible (2006)
Frank Morriss
USA
Best movies:
Blue Thunder (1983)
Hot to Trot (1988)
Phil Feldman
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Blue Thunder (1983)