Blue Thunder (TV series)

• James Farentino: Frank Chaney
• Dana Carvey: Clinton Wonderlove
• Bubba Smith: Lyman " Bubba" Kelsey
• Dick Butkus Richard Butowski
• Sandy McPeak: Captain Braddock
• Ann Cooper: J. J. Douglas

Blue Thunder is an American television series that Blue Thunder is based on the feature film.

Action

In the pilot episode, a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department is formed, which aims to stop a psychopath means of the high-tech helicopter "Blue Thunder". The crew is supported by a special unit on the ground.

In the course of the series of international criminals, spies, and foreign mercenaries successfully stopped in their criminal activities.

History

After the success of the movie ABC presented the 1984 spin -off series Blue Thunder for the first time the American public. The audience soon criticized the character of a parody, the series had: The characters were already with the name only allusions to the film characters. So Frank Murphy, was its further career in the film remains open, replaced by Frank Chaney who murdered in the film Richard Lymangood got the successor Clinton Wonder Love. The series had no success and could not keep up with the ratings of almost simultaneously broadcast on CBS Airwolf. Only 11 episodes were produced.

In Germany, the series was broadcast in 1996 by RTL, with the same success. A repeat did not come until today.