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Seattle cop is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to make right. McQ is a cop with a mission.Seattle cop is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to make right. McQ is a cop with a mission.Seattle cop is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to make right. McQ is a cop with a mission.
Julian Christopher
- J.C.
- (as Jim Watkins)
Larry Buck
- Chief Grogan
- (uncredited)
Leslie Carlson
- Radical
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaWhen the film was previewed in January 1974, John Wayne was being treated for pneumonia in London. He became seriously ill after appearing on the interview show PARKINSON, which had been recorded a few days earlier. The illness was considered life-threatening as Wayne was 66 and only had one lung, and he had COPD in his remaining lung. He began coughing so hard that he damaged a valve in his heart, although this would not be diagnosed until early in 1978.
- GoofsMcQ uses an Ingram MAC-10 9mm machine pistol, which fires approximately 20 rounds per second. No empty cartridges are ejected from the gun when firing the MAC-10 in the car on the beach. Emptying a full 30-round magazine would have sprayed casings all over the car.
- Alternate versionsThe 1980s Warner Home Video VHS master was made from a 16mm TV print missing ten seconds of footage including during the car chase involving a laundry truck, an additional punch from Santiago when he confronts McQ in his office, and the introduction of Santiago's henchman before the final chase on the beach. The later video releases and DVD are uncut.
- ConnectionsEdited into La classe américaine (1993)
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McQ was one of John Wayne's efforts to move into a new era. McQ was not the best of Wayne's movies, but it wasn't the worst (an old friend who is no longer around once said there were no bad John Wayne movies). Just turning 50 myself, I remember the John Wayne movies of my youth, and Wayne was always "tops" on my list. McQ was "Classic Wayne" in a new era. The 70s were a time when men were starting to become different in the movies. Not like the men of my youth. Wayne kept that "macho" image going. In another post, a comment was made the Wayne used "big weapons" to foil the bad guys long before Rambo did. That is exactly right. It is great to sit and watch an action movie with so many great starts of the past (Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, and a young Roger E. Mosley). Another thing that is of interest is these so called "movie experts" that watch movies, and don't understand one thing about the movie they comment one. McQ's car was a Trans Am, not an AMC Hornet. It was referred to at a "Green Hornet" in reference to the TV show "The Green Hornet." It was the nickname of his car, not the made or model of the car. His Trans Am was the same color as the Green Hornet's car. This is a good John Wayne movie. Good music, good car chases, good story line. It is a good movie to sit and watch on an rainy afternoon. Enjoy it for what it is. A nice chance to relive some moments from your youth, and see the Duke in action. Enjoy yourself, and have fun. That was the purpose of the movie.
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- Detektiv McQ
- Filming locations
- Quinault Indian Reservation, Washington, USA(chase scene on beach)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $240,350
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