Where was Blue Thunder filmed?
1983 film, directed by John Badham.
- Los Angeles
The story is set in Los Angeles, California, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Los Angeles, California
- Filmed in
- Los Angeles
About Blue Thunder
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- Released
- 1983
- Director
- John Badham
- Cast
- Roy ScheiderMalcolm McDowellWarren OatesCandy ClarkDaniel SternJoe SantosTed KingThomas Rosales Jr.James ReadEd Bernard
- Genre
- CrimeActionThrillerScience Fiction
The story
Frank Murphy is a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) air support division pilot and troubled Vietnam War Veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The pair are placed under a two-week suspension for allegations of voyeurism during a mugging that resulted in the death of city councilwoman Diana McNeely.
They are secretly eliminating political opponents to advance their agenda which McNelly was assuming at the time.
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