McQ

McQ is a 1974 crime drama starring John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, and Colleen Dewhurst. The film made extensive use of actual Seattle locations. The beach scenes were filmed on the Pacific coast at Moclips.

The film features a young Roger E. Mosley as a police informer, Clu Gulager of The Hidden, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and The Return of the Living Dead as a corrupt police detective, Colleen Dewhurst as a cocaine addict and Al Lettieri as the most visible villain of the film, the drug king Santiago, in one of Lettieri's final roles.

Wayne had been passed over for the lead in Dirty Harry a few years prior to this film.Dowell, Pat. - "John Wayne, Man and Myth". - (book review of: John Wayne, American by Randy Roberts and James S. Olson). - Washington Post. - September 25, 1995. - Retrieved: 2008-08-05 The producers of that film chose Seattle as its location in an earlier version of the script; it was later changed to San Francisco when Clint Eastwood became connected with the project. The film has a dramatic car chase, with Wayne in a green1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 'Green Hornet', influenced by Steve McQueen in Bullitt.Clark, Mike - "Behind the scenes with John Wayne". - USA Today. - May 22, 2007. - Retrieved: 2008-08-05

One of Wayne's more famous lines from this movie was after the character of Lon McQ was trapped inside of his car after it was...
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