McQ

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McQ is a 1974 American crime action film starring John Wayne as a tough Seattle police detective pursuing a drug ring.

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instanceOf action film
film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy Harry Stradling Jr. NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Sturges NERFINISHED
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
distributedInFormat theatrical release
editedBy William Ziegler NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED
Seattle NERFINISHED
follows Dirty Harry-style urban crime films
genre action
crime
hasPosterTagline “Wayne on the warpath in the city of sin.”
hasTheme drug trafficking
police corruption
hasVehicleSetPiece car chases on the beach
hasWeaponFocus MAC-10 submachine gun NERFINISHED
leadCharacterEmployer Seattle Police Department NERFINISHED
leadCharacterOccupation police detective
mainCharacter Lon McQ NERFINISHED
musicBy Elmer Bernstein NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus Seattle police detective pursuing a drug ring
notableFor John Wayne playing a contemporary urban cop
originalLanguage English
portrayedBy John Wayne NERFINISHED
producer John Wayne NERFINISHED
Michael A. Wayne NERFINISHED
productionCompany Batjac Productions NERFINISHED
rating PG
releaseDate 1974-02-06
releaseYear 1974
runningTime 111 minutes
screenwriter Lawrence Roman NERFINISHED
setIn Seattle NERFINISHED
soundMix Mono NERFINISHED
starring Al Lettieri NERFINISHED
Clu Gulager NERFINISHED
Colleen Dewhurst NERFINISHED
David Huddleston NERFINISHED
Diana Muldaur NERFINISHED
Eddie Albert NERFINISHED
John Wayne NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting early 1970s

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