don't eat. I don't seem to sleep.
Maybe you ought to trade me
in on a surfer.
Well, I tried that once,
but it didn't work.
Come to think of it, neither did he.
Good night, Murphy.
Good night, you little faker.
Watch your legs.
Frank...
...we gotta get serious.
Now, I know you have a lot
of problems right now...
...and I'd really like to help you.
"You can run, but you can't hide."
- Joe Louis. That's very good.
- That's what I mean!
Frank, I'm gonna have to get tough
on you. Are you ready for that?
I'm ready.
Five, four, three, two, one...
Cue Mario, take one.
The top story is still the assault
and attempted rape of Diana McNeely...
... of the mayor's
Task Force on Urban Violence.
McNeely's still on
the critical list.
We spoke to Chief Jensen
about the latest news.
We have nothing
on the two assailants.
They were without identification...
... probably Latin American and almost
certainly illegal aliens.
Our fingerprint teams are going
over their car...
... which was stolen from
a Santa Monica parking lot.
It is unclear what impact
this incident will have...
... on the minority community, and
the increasing racial tensions that-
We've just received word...
... that Alf Hewitt is standing by
St. Joseph's for a live report.
Commissioner Diana McNeely
died at 8:47 a. M...
... from a gunshot wound
which penetrated her neck...
... and lodged beneath
the third cervical vertebrae.
She never regained
consciousness...
... and if she had lived,
would've been paralysed.
This is Alf Hewitt,
from St. Joseph's Hospital.
I've been trying to reach you. Why
don't you answer your beeper?
I just want to tell you that next time
I'm suspended, so's my fucking beeper!
- Feel better?
- Yeah, a little.
Get down here. We just came
up with a mince pie under each arm.
You're back on flying status.
You're assigned a special detail.
This is Mr. Icelan.
Mr. Fletcher of Washington.
This is Frank Murphy.
We're glad we found you. We're due
at the weapons testing range at-
- What do they call that place?
- Pinkville.
Everything I'm about to tell
you is highly classified.
Don't discuss it with anybody. We're
testing a new helicopter prototype.
We've got our own pilot...
...but your city's been chosen
as the testing area...
...and your mayor is anxious that
his people participate.
Ours is not to reason why...
...ours is but to submit
to the vagaries of local politicians.
Smoke? Frank, is it?
No. Yes.
No: Smoke. Yes: Frank.
I understand you flew in Nam, Frank.
That's right.
- Two tours, was it?
- One and a half.
Why the foreshortened tour?
You know what they say about
a second chest wound.
It's nature's way of telling you
it's time to go home.
Yeah, right. Right.
You gonna tell us
about this special detail?
A lot of people are looking
forward to the Olympics out here.
For a few short weeks, the attention
of the world will be on this town.
Every nutcase and terrorist...
...and crazy with a pipe bomb and
a cause is drooling about it.
That's what this detail's all about.
The potential for catastrophe.
We don't want any Munich
massacres out here, Frank.
Are you talking about
crowd control from the air?
Give that man a cigar.
That's been tried.
It didn't work out so hot.
- Where was that?
- Vietnam.
We added a few new wrinkles.
- Such as?
- You'll see, Frank. You'll see.
This thing has antiterrorist
capabilities. You saying it's armed?
That I am. That it is.
That sounds like it now.
It's illegal to arm
police helicopters.
That would depend on the
circumstances, wouldn't it?
A lot of people ain't gonna like this.
What do you call this,
an "airbuster"?
The Special. But somebody hung
a nickname on it.
- What?
- Somebody hung a nickname on it.
Blue Thunder.
Okay, gentlemen, you wanna
take your