Electra Glide in Blue was a bad title, but everything else about it is pretty stellar. Performances are top knotch all round, the script taught and tight, and the cinematography... Did I mention it's shot by Conrad Hall?
Robert Blake,
Billy Green Bush,
Mitchell Ryan,
Jeannine Riley,
Elisha Cook Jr.
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A police officer who would rather use his brains than his gun is put into a situation where neither can help him in this police drama. John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) is a sawed-off and street-smart A... read more
DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005
Stats: 146 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (146)
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March 20, 2011
Electra Glide In Blue is a character study of an earnest and honest man doing America's second most unpopular job. Fans of early 1970s drive-in cinema, edgy action flicks will dig this picture. Some scenes are unforgettable, while others come off as amateurish, including the di... read more
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December 27, 2006
Probably the most underrated movie of the 70s. Picture a right wing Easy Rider told from a pious cop's point of view and you're getting warm. Incredible cinematography by Conrad Hall.
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March 1, 2010
1970's classic film as little motorcycle cop with big simple heart dreams of being a homicide detective in a land where prejudice, cynicism, and just-looking-out-for-number-one-ism rules. A great character study, and unlike FORREST GUMP, it doesn't go for an easy happy-by-numbe... read more
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August 16, 2010
While I could've honestly lived without seeing Robert Blake in his tighty-whiteys, but otherwise this flick functions as a nice companion piece to Easy Rider, told from the point of view of a cop struggling to do what's right in the face of the casual prejudices of the time.
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December 17, 2008
70's character driven cop drama. Jumps the tracks a couple of times due to time period, but still effective.
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May 20, 2008
A truly great 70's cult classic finally on Dvd. Long before Robert Blake was getting in trouble with the law, he was the law in this beautifully filmed crime drama. Blake plays John Wintergreen, an undersized straight shooting Arizona motorcycle cop trying desperately to become a... read more
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May 19, 2007
I'm kind of at a loss here giving this one a star rating. This film is the strangest, most offbeat thing I've seen in some time. Not strange in an abstract or outwardly surreal sense (of which in some instances I'm beginning to lose patience with anyway), but different in how i... read more
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March 3, 2007
This is the type of character profile that Hollywood doesn't do anymore. Dysfunction on the edge - and what a great shocking ending!
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January 15, 2007
This is a 70's "cult classic" that probably very few people have heard of. The acting is kind of bad, but Robert Blake is pretty good in this movie.
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One of the great unsung films of the 1970s. It's so good you come away wishing James William Guercio had done more films. Full Review
Weird little anti-hero tale
James William Guercio was the producer of Chicago albums in the Seventies, and this is his only directorial effort. Full Review
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