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Bookmark this pageElectra Glide in Blue (1973)
Director: James William Guercio
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From Time Out Film Guide
Striking one-off by a former record producer. A weirdly funny black comedy about an undersized cop, barely five feet tall but nursing a dream of becoming a Clint Eastwood hero. He makes the grade (after a fashion, since the dream turns sour) by way of an alarmingly funny echo of Dr Strangelove (his mentor in detection has no use for evidence, preferring instead to stand in the moonlight listening to his inner voices) and some spiky mockery of police methods. The message may be a little naïve when he finally opts for humanity rather than authoritarianism, but the film has an extraordinary texture, peeling away layer after layer to reveal dark depths of loneliness and despair as this cop Candide learns that he isn't living in the best of all possible worlds. And Conrad Hall's photography, especially of the Monument Valley landscapes, is a joy.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: James William Guercio
Producer: James William Guercio
Cast: Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitchell Ryan, Jeannine Riley, Elisha Cook, Royal Dano full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 113 mins
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