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McQ
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781419806469
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1419806467
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoFrench (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 03, 2005
Running Time: 111 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 06, 1974
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Editorial Review:
After turning down the role of Dirty Harry, John Wayne made up for lost time by starring in this pretty-good 1974 police drama. Shot on location in a gritty pre-Microsoft Seattle, McQ finds John Wayne butting heads with fellow cops and local crime elements as he investigates the murder of a fellow cop and friend. Wayne is obviously a bit long-in-tooth to be taking on this kind of role, but the script allows for some decent character development, including Colleen Dewhurst in a brief but memorable role as a washed-up barmaid, and the action sequences by veteran director John Sturges still hold up well. For anyone who cares, a key drug-heist sequence was shot in the hospital that now houses Amazon.com's Seattle headquarters. --Kristian St. Clair
Police lieutenant resigns from the force to track down some = big dope dealers involved in killing a couple of police officers.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - THE MIDDLE AGED DETECTIVE FORMULA OF THE 70'S
which began with Cannon and Kojak,continues with McQ. Fans of this genre wont be disappointed with this good action flick. Well written,providing twists that may leave you guessing until the end, McQ kept me interested throughout. I would highly recommend this with "Hellfighters" as two great selections from the Duke's later career.
Rating:  - Dirty Duke
When John Wayne read the reviews of Dirty Harry that branded it a right-wing fascist diatribe, he must have said "Wow, what a great idea for a movie!", hence McQ -- his first attempt at a gritty, urban cop thriller and it's a classic guilty pleasure.
After John Sturges sets the table with a terrific opening sequence, settle back for Duke's Nixonian war on crime. He routinely beats suspects (or just smart mouthed "radicals") then flagrantly lies about it to his superiors -- something ... Read More
Rating:  - "John Wayne at his best"
I enjoyed this immensely! I loved the fact that John Wayne drove a powerful trans am that was black, low to the ground and had an engine that roared. At first it didn't seem like John Wayne, but he captured the role, and made it believable. His character was a maverick of sorts bucking heads with his superiors, (sort of a Dirty Harry type), and had to deal with, not only the punks on the street, but crooked cops, so the story was interesting. You'll get plenty of action, and good drama.
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Rating: - 1 Year before I was in Seattle
1974 McQ was shot in Seattle...mabe late 1973....but I just had to see all the locations where it was shot locally after the movie came out. I forced my parents to find that exellent freeway street run-off scene, and I have a picture from 30 years ago standing at the very scene location.
I really only liked it for it's music originally before I discovered it was filmed in my new town. I became even a bigger fan of the movie after I got my drivers license...drining along the docs looking ... Read More
Rating: - Really fun to watch John Wayne plays 'Dirty Harry'!
I recently watched the reruns of two action movies, McQ & Brannigan, both starring John Wayne, on cable TV. I had watched both of them in the theatres during the mid 70's or so.
As a young boy, I have always enjoyed watching John Wayne in so many westerns (Stage-coach, Rio Bravo, True Grit...) & in so many war movies (Green Berets, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Longest Day...).
I believe that John Wayne was almost in his late 60's/early 70's when he starred in the above two ... Read More
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