Steve Canyon Operation Big Thunder (Season 1, Episode 15)
TV Episode | 30 min | Adventure

Steve Canyon

Operation Big Thunder (Season 1, Episode 15)

TV Episode | 30 min | Adventure

Canyon arrives at Big Thunder AFB and is immediately confronted with local citizens who refuse to accept the airmen and the base. The result: low morale...and violence.

Director

Lamont Johnson

Writers

Milton Caniff (comic strip) (story) | Sidney Carroll (written by)

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Updated Jan 3, 1959

Release date

Jan 3, 1959 (United States)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Dean Fredericks Lt. Col. Steve Canyon Lt. Col. Steve Canyon See fewer	The Phantom Planet (1961)
Jerry Paris Maj. 'Willie' Williston Maj. 'Willie' Williston See fewer	The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Ted de Corsia Police Chief Hagedorn Police Chief Hagedorn See fewer	The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Ken Lynch M / Sgt. Maconochie M / Sgt. Maconochie See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
Bob Hoy Sgt. Pete Berger (as Robert Hoy) Sgt. Pete Berger (as Robert Hoy) See fewer	The Enforcer (1976)
Abel Fernandez Airman Abel Featherstone Airman Abel Featherstone See fewer	The Untouchables (1959)
Tom Gilson A / 3c Brannigan A / 3c Brannigan See fewer	The Crowded Sky (1960)
Leslie Parrish Brannigans's Girl (as Marjorie Hellen) Brannigans's Girl (as Marjorie Hellen) See fewer	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Carolyn Hughes Waitress Waitress See fewer	Paratroop Command (1959)
Chuck Courtney 1st Tough 1st Tough See fewer	Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)
Hal Baylor 2nd Tough 2nd Tough See fewer	Big Jim McLain (1952)
Jackson Beck Announcer Announcer See fewer	Take the Money and Run (1969)
William Mims Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited) See fewer	The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962)