Al Lettieri, Clu Gulager, Colleen Dewhurst
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 f...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 3, 2005
Stats: 103 reviews
The Duke tries to be Dirty Harry. Mixed results, but you can never bypass watching some of this train wreck when channel surfing.
John Wayne was a cowboy, pure and simple. He was also a war veteran at times. But he most certainly was not a cop and this movie shows why. It's a guilty pleasure of mine and I enjoy it, but after seeing this film I'm glad he turned down Dirty Harry because that never would've wo...( read more)
I loved this movie. Even with an ageing and ill Wayne he was still a superb actor.
MCQ is a first-rate, suspenseful DIRTY HARRY knock-off about a hardnosed Seattle cop and his vendatti with a criminal (Al Lettieri of MR MAJESTYK) who is running heroin. There is a fantastic little chase across Seattle and this is the movie that introduced the MAC 10 submachine ...( read more)
well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that both john wayne n eddie albert play good parts throughout this movie...i think that the director of this action/a...( read more)
Surprisingly good, makes you wonder why The Duke turned down the role of Dirty Harry.
Wayne agree to make this movie in the arrangement in selling Bac-Jac and making Alamo
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