70's character driven cop drama. Jumps the tracks a couple of times due to time period, but still effective.
Billy Green Bush, Elisha Cook Jr., Hawk Wolinski
An Arizona motorcycle cop yearns for that detective badge...
DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005
Stats: 104 reviews
Flixster Reviews (104)
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December 17, 2008
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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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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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