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| ACTORS: | John Wayne, Eddie Albert |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | John Sturges |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 06 February, 1974 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012569692299 |
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Customer Reviews of McQ
Dirty Harry wannabe movie Despite of being a John Wayne fan, I have to say that this movie stink pretty badly. Now don't get me wrong, there are actions, intrigue and backstabbing all over this film as John Wayne takes on most of Seattle's corrupt police and underworld to see justice done. But according to all of his biographies, even Wayne knew he was in a bad film, poorly scripted and handled. The main problem with this film lies in the simple fact that John Wayne was trying to be Dirty Harry. He knew it, director and scriptwriter knew it and the fans knew it. And it just don't work because John Wayne is not Clint Eastwood. Trying to pretend that he can do what Eastwood can, make him feel and look bit pathetic. <
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>The DVD edition of this movie appears to be in very good shape. I got just a regular TV set so I can say with relative state of mind that picture quality is clear, the sound quality is good although the special features lies on a thin side. The movie is shown in its widescreen format which is a good thing. <
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>McQ is a movie that totally misfired for John Wayne who was playing a role for which he was totally miscast. Funny thing was that he knew that as well although he tried his best to be professional about it. I would recommend the movie "Brannigan" for anyone who wishes to see Wayne in action in a more modern theme.
THE DUKE MEETS DIRTY HARRY
I saw this picture at the theater with my brother when it first came out. I'll admit that on the surface John Wayne playing a tough, renegade, "Dirty Harry" style cop may be a bit far-fetched, but hey, it's John Wayne...few could ever match his screen presence so you just accept it as a pretty entertaining cop action film. There's certainly some "Bullitt" influence as well with the car chases and Wayne driving a Trans Am.
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>Wayne is Lon McQ whose partner turns out was involved in some dirty doings and is killed because of it. Wayne finds out a drug kingpin (Al Lettieri) was responsible for the murder and goes after him. When McQ's superior Captain Kosterman (Eddie Albert) suspends him, he quits the force and joins the PI firm of his friend "Pinky" (David Huddleston). Duke now can go after Santiago and his men and garners help from an aged junkie informer played by Colleen Dewhurst in a short but strong role. The supporting cast is rounded out with Diana Muldauer and Clu Gulager.
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>The film is punctuated by what is actually a number of good (for the era) action sequences climaxed by an auto chase and shootout with Duke wielding an automatic weapon on a beach in what really is an exciting scene. One can certainly argue that all of the main actors including Wayne, Albert, and Dewhurst were a bit too long in the tooth for the roles they are playing but so what. It's still an enjoyable film with Wayne, even at 67 years old displaying the macho toughness that had made in a huge star for over 40 years. Dated but fun!
Mc Q's car
The car thats in the movie is a 1973 trans am--firebird conversion with a 400 ci motor and mufflers removed NOT A 1974 the front of the 1974's were slanted backwards and not ovalscoops that come to a point in the nose like the 1973's the car couldnt have a 1974 because the movie came out in 1974 and they had to have traveled forward in time to get a 1974 T/A to make the movie in late 1972 to mid 1973. Great Movie for all car movie lovers