Blue Thunder - Season 1 - Eps 9: The Long Flight
Chaney must convince the granddaughter of a dead mobster to turn her grandfather's business documents over to the FBI before his old business associates kill her to get them
About Blue Thunder
Title: Blue Thunder
First Air Date: 1984-01-06
Last Air Date: 1984-04-16
Status: Canceled
Rating: 6.9/10 (from 118 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 11
Network: ABC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Television, Rastar Productions
Synopsis
Blue Thunder is a 1984 ABC television series based on the movie of the same title featuring the Blue Thunder helicopter. The series uses the converted Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopter and large portions of stock footage from the 1983 film. A ground unit named "Rolling Thunder" backed up the helicopter in the television series. This was a large support van with a desert camouflage off-road vehicle stored inside. The television series cast includes James Farentino, Dana Carvey, and former professional American football players Bubba Smith and Dick Butkus. The series was canceled by ABC after they felt the similar Airwolf on CBS would win the ratings battle. Also, the series aired at the same time as the CBS soap opera Dallas on Friday nights, and lost. Eleven episodes were made before the series was cancelled.
Cast
James Farentino
Frank Chaney
Dana Carvey
Clinton Wonderlove
Sandy McPeak
Captain Braddock
Dick Butkus
Richard Butowski
Bubba Smith
Lyman Kelsey
