McQ

McQ (1974) is a hard-edged crime thriller you can watch online on iFILM, with John Wayne trading his usual saddle for a badge and a submachine gun. Seattle cop Lon McQ loses his partner to a bullet and refuses to call it bad luck.

McQ is certain a drug kingpin ordered the hit, but the law can't touch him. So McQ beats the man down, loses his badge, and keeps digging on his own. The trail loops back somewhere ugly — the police evidence room, where confiscated narcotics keep vanishing. The closer he gets, the shorter his list of people worth trusting.

This is late-period Wayne off the range, anchoring a gritty 1970s urban actioner full of car chases and gunfire — the poster put it bluntly: "Wayne on wheels!" Directed by John Sturges of The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, it surrounds Wayne with Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur and Al Lettieri. Stream McQ (1974) online on iFILM.