# McQ schlägt zu (1974)

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**Original title**: *McQ*
**Runtime**: 111 min
**Genres**: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
**Directed by**: John Sturges
**Written by**: Lawrence Roman
**Starring**: John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston

> *Wayne on wheels!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rain-slicked patrol cars outside a dockside dive, two a.m. A lieutenant spots his partner’s badge on a dealer’s table.

The badge leads him to a stolen-cop .38, then a stash of seized heroin, then names on a blue sheet that point back to his own squad.

Sturges channels Bullitt in trench coats and lies.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

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