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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.
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.
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James Farentino
Frank Chaney
Dana Carvey
Clinton Wonderlove
Sandy McPeak
Captain Braddock
Dick Butkus
Richard Butowski
Bubba Smith
Lyman Kelsey
Troy Evans
Joseph Whipp
Gil Franzen
Darleen Carr
Aggie Mills
Kurtwood Smith
Bill Spradley
Elizabeth Hoffman
Mrs. Moynihan
Tracy Scoggins
Gretchen Terrell
Scott Hylands
Peter Anson
Kelly Preston
Amy Braddock
John Hancock
Jake Cusak
Robert DoQui
Morris Priest
Richard Lynch
Michael Alldredge
Hal Winters
Robert Donner
Neil Gerrard
Ralph Manza
Willie
George Gaynes
Dr. Willi Von Hartig
Paul Koslo
Johnny Irons
Carolyn Seymour
Helen
Geoffrey Lewis
Sheriff Kyle C. Tenney
Matthew Faison
Ralph Gately
Leigh Lombardi
Asst. Dist. Atty. Minelli
Ray Wise
J.D. Kraft
Gregory Sierra
Luis Creighton Acuna
Thalmus Rasulala
Marley Winston
Gracie Harrison
Sarah O'Connell
Belinda Montgomery
Dr. Nell Lindsay
Liz Torres
Rosie
Ted Hamilton
Harold Longstreet
Edward Grover
Ken Rawls
Sam Anderson
Benjamin Kelty
Arnold F. Turner
Sheriff
M.C. Gainey
Saver
David Spielberg
Bruce Walsh
Katherine Justice
Kate Cunningham
Kai Wulff
Allan Swenson
Jesse D. Goins
Paramedic
Dennis Holahan
Richard J. Lassiter
Richard Yniguez
Hector Dorado
Jeannie Linero
Madame Eva Parada
Luisa Leschin
Tanya
William Marquez
Ambassador Marquez
Cheryl Carter
African Woman
Terence McGovern
Joe Roth
Raye Birk
Martin C. Sharp
Peter Elbling
Ed Lang
Adam Gregor
Councilman Ken Joyner
Rion Hunter
Father Dominguez
Thomas Callaway
Lou Sackler
Frank Pesce
Guard / Gunner
Santos Morales
Immigration Official
Wayne Heffley
Commander Henley
Jamie Tirelli
Guard
David Starwalt
Young Man
Maylo McCaslin
Lisa Ritchie
Robert Viharo
Carl Suhonen
Victor Arnold
Charlie Folsom
George McDaniel
LaRoche
Michael Santiago
Sonny
Maia Brewton
Kathy
Buck Young
Police Captain
Jerry Potter
Truck Driver
Eugenia Wright
Celine
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