Electra Glide in Blue
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Movie Reviews of Electra Glide in Blue
Movie Review: Best from Robert Blake!
Summary: 5 Stars
I haven't see this DVD release yet, but with MGM releasing this DVD it should be good. Don't expect much, if any, Specials though. I have seen this movie and I believe it is the best thing that Robert Blake ever did. Good preformances all around. Too Violent for small kids. Leonard Maltin gives it a 3 out of 4 Stars. Take a look!Movie Review: Electra-Glide in Blue
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a beautifully photographed movie set in Arizona in 1973. The story has a few slow moments , but stay with it. There is an amazing pay-off at the end. The soundtrack features music from the members of Chicago ( who also appear as extras in several scenes). This is an anti-"Easy-Rider" film. Just watch and enjoy!Movie Review: Great old time cop movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my husbands favorites. And not to let him know, I love it too. You have to watch it to the end, paying special attention to the ending to understand it all, but a great film.Movie Review: One of the best!
Summary: 5 Stars
This one of many many very good u.s. movies in the 70ties. Very well photografed and acted. A classic!
A. Pal
Movie Review: Motorcycle Cops and Murder - A Great 1970s Film
Summary: 4 Stars
Electra Glide in Blue is my favorite of the early-1970s, existential "highway movies." It has a plot, so it's better than Two-Lane Blacktop. Also, it seems less dated than Easy Rider. Electra Glide is a look into America's dark heart that is wrapped inside a murder mystery.
Robert Blake plays an Arizona motorcycle cop named John Wintergreen. People mock Wintergreen as "Big John" and "Little Chief" due to his small size. Wintergreen desperately wants to prove himself worthy of moving out of writing traffic tickets and into investigating homicides.
Wintergreen's "big chance" comes when he finds a "bum" dead inside a desert shack Everyone else is convinced that the death is a suicide, but Wintergreen knows better. Investigating the murder provides Wintergreen with the chance he craves. The murder mystery, however, is just a subplot. The film's true purpose is examining American culture and values. If Electra Glide sounds like a strange film, it should.
The cast is excellent. Before Blake became notorious in the Bonnie Bakley case, he was a first-rate actor. Billy "Green" Bush (as Blake's dumb partner, Zipper) and Mitch Ryan (as the tough homicide cop, Harve) are also excellent. I particularly liked Jeannine Riley (of "Harper Valley PTA"-fame) as Jolene, an angst-filled honky-tonk waitress.
There are some "added rewards" for watching Electra Glide. The cinematography is gorgeous; the blue skies and washed-out colors of the American desert make a great backdrop. The 1970s cars, hair, and clothes also catch the viewer's eyes.
Viewers who like daring cinema with a hard edge will enjoy Electra Glide in Blue.