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Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
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4 October 1973 (France)
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Tagline:
He's A Good Cop. On A Big Bike. On A Bad Road. more
Plot:
A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit...
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Desert
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Motorcycle Cop
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Cop
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Motorcycle
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Hermit
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 1 nomination
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John Wintergreen needs a pack of lifesavers and a Stetson.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Blake | ... | John Wintergreen |
 | Billy Green Bush | ... | Zipper (as Billy 'Green' Bush) |
 | Mitch Ryan | ... | Harve Poole (as Mitchell Ryan) |
| Jeannine Riley | ... | Jolene |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | Willie (as Elisha Cook) |
| Royal Dano | ... | Coroner |
| Hawk Wolinski | ... | VW Bus Driver (as David J. Wolinski) |
| Peter Cetera | ... | Bob Zemko |
| Terry Kath | ... | Killer |
| Lee Loughnane | ... | Pig Man |
| Walter Parazaider | ... | Loose Lips |
| Joe Samsil | ... | Sgt. Ryker |
| Jason Clark | ... | L.A. Detective |
| Michael Butler | ... | Truck Driver |
| Susan Forristal | ... | Ice Cream Girl |
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114 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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First time director James William Guercio wanted the great Conrad L. Hall to photograph this film, but it was not in the budget. Guercio reduced his own salary to one dollar so he could secure Hall as the cinematographer.
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Goofs:
Continuity: In the final driving scenes, the van and the bike, supposedly driving along a long straight road, drive by the same distant butte at least three times.
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Quotes:
Harve Poole:
Incompetence is the worst form of corruption.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Devil's Rejects (2005)
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Soundtrack:
Tell Me
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Pigs! Killers! Fascists! Anti-cop? Not a chance. The locals took one peek at the script and threw the entire film crew out of their precinct, and escorted them to the edge of town and beyond. Wow! Sharp bikes. And movie title. Robert Blake is dead on right as the highway cop. He makes up for in height by what he delivers in toughness and compassion. Miss Jeannie Riley plays the love interest of both Blake and his superior. She has a lengthy bar room scene bordering on religious fervor and regret. Nifty character turns by veterans Elisha Cook Jr. and Royal Dano. The action sequences are staged and edited with flair. The great cameraman, Conrad T. Hall, experimented with the interiors, flooding the camera lens with smoke, diffused light and warped, fun house-type angles. Memorable moments one and two: Blake has two great dress-up scenes. The first involves his uniform and motorcycle. The second concerns his new threads when he makes detective. An old do-wop group, The Marcels, invades the soundtrack with the flip side of "Blue Moon." However, the best musical cue occurs at the end of the film. The closing song, "Tell me," written by the producer/director/composer, James W. Guercio, of this film, is a masterpiece of the rock genre. Worthy of an Oscar or Grammy, the song begins with a nod to Blood, Sweat and Tears, travels to Chicago and, later, dismounts in Spectorville. A road and a movie well traveled. And taken