Rotten Tomatoes
Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Electra Glide in Blue

Play trailer Poster for Electra Glide in Blue PG 1973 1h 53m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
69% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A police officer of short stature assigned to patrol the Arizona desert by motorcycle, John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) hopes to break out of his rookie status and join the homicide department. When Wintergreen catches a break and gets an opportunity to work on a murder case, he jumps at the chance. Meanwhile, the lawman becomes disillusioned with many of his peers and the way that they harass hippies, and this ongoing conflict has a major effect on Wintergreen's life.
Watch on Fandango at Home Stream Now

Where to Watch

Electra Glide in Blue

Critics Reviews

View More
David Elliott Chicago Daily News 10/03/2023
It's easy to enjoy the film's brash energy, but there's no way to admire a movie in which [the characters] are all used as devalued chips in a game without meaning -- a crap game. Go to Full Review Kathy Fennessy Video Librarian Magazine 03/23/2023
3.5/5
Library programming on biker movies and cult classics could make excellent use of Electra Glide in Blue. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 08/27/2022
3.5/4
A movie that, depending on one's point of view, is either the anti-Easy Rider or a simpatico companion piece to Easy Rider. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 08/12/2022
Electra Glide will be manna for those who already dig such determinedly offbeat entertainments... Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 10/11/2012
2/4
...a sporadically intriguing yet pervasively uneven (and dated) piece of work. Go to Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault 07/15/2010
B+
It's far from perfect, but it's often moving (and frequently gorgeous). Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
jonathan A @RT93055276 Sep 27 awesome story and well acted See more Stephen S @RT69271557 12/13/2024 Robert Blake . . . what a strange dude. A very good actor. Yet I watch stuff lately like Gutfield, late comedy and a guest on his show named Tyler Fischer, and they both short in stature physically and great comics. This movie seemed to me a little focus on Roberts's size in the script. Now I am 5 foot 10 inches myself. I did not like the reference in size in the movie. Other than that, I followed it to it's conclusion and did not like the ending. Seems to me it glorified a sucker punching hippie with a shotgun. Sad. Yep saw it in a movie theatre in the 1970's for all that's worth. See more Biker B @RT65637081 06/04/2023 Great old motorcycle movie, I love the slower pace of these older movies! See more Douglas P @bigsky59422 03/11/2023 Electra Glide in Blue is an OK movie, not five stars but watchable. We watched it because Robert Blake stars in it. There is some fascination surrounding him, given how he fell from grace and his passing. See more Leaburn O @RT35452347 03/02/2021 Slow, not watchable, totally forgettable story of a good cop who rides a bike and solves a really boring murder. Some of the cinematography is stylish which is the best aspect of an otherwise meh film. See more steve d @RT35616104 07/16/2020 Average and completely forgettable. See more Read all reviews
Electra Glide in Blue

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

James William Guercio

Director

Robert Blake

John Wintergreen

Billy Green Bush

John Wintergreen

Mitch Ryan

Harve Poole

Jeannine Riley

Jolene

Elisha Cook Jr.

Willie

More Like This

View All
The Outfit 80% 74% The Outfit Watchlist Shamus 29% 37% Shamus Watchlist Badlands 97% 90% Badlands Watchlist TRAILER for Badlands Brannigan 46% 40% Brannigan Watchlist Report to the Commissioner 55% 65% Report to the Commissioner Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Electra Glide in Blue

Electra Glide in Blue (1973) Electra Glide in Blue (1973) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A police officer of short stature assigned to patrol the Arizona desert by motorcycle, John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) hopes to break out of his rookie status and join the homicide department. When Wintergreen catches a break and gets an opportunity to work on a murder case, he jumps at the chance. Meanwhile, the lawman becomes disillusioned with many of his peers and the way that they harass hippies, and this ongoing conflict has a major effect on Wintergreen's life.
Director
James William Guercio
Producer
James William Guercio
Screenwriter
Robert Boris
Production Co
Guercio-Hitzig
Rating
PG
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 18, 2012
Runtime
1h 53m