Car Chase Through Seattle | McQ | Warner Archive

[@clydebalcom8252]

The most underrated John Wayne movie.

[@sclogse1]

THe most underrated toupee.

[@asamiyamazaki1515]

When McQ pulls on the van, there is a truck behind it full of gas cylinders 0:24, he shoots really badly, by missing the van, he should blow up this truck with its load ,,,,, that's the cinema for papy's and granny's ...... PAW PAW PIF PAF )))))

[@edwardcox2840]

I want to see the scene were the firebird gets smashed between the two semi trucks he jumps in the back seat poor car😳

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

@@asamiyamazaki1515 quiet.

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Love the 70's car chases. No CGI. Just cars being driven beyond thier limits getting more smashed up as the scene goes along. Ol' John just looks like a guy who drinks and smokes a lot.

[@Philipwaltho]

Yes he was a hard drinker and smoker in real life when he made the Alamo he was getting through 100 packs of cigarettes a day

[@patchbunny]

One of the few times in movies a shotgun makes a pattern of holes rather than one big hole. Love this film.

[@Cryptonymicus]

Too bad McQ decides to go careening through the city streets and backalleys rather than just follow the same course the truck took and chase it down in about five seconds with that powerful car he's driving. Not too terribly realistic -- or rational.

[@jackjohnson6884]

@Justin Edwardswell yes irl. But in movies it depends on what the director thinks looks "cool". So sometimes shotguns holes the size of dinner plates and blow people across the room

[@TheIndependentLens]

​@@Cryptonymicus He couldn't. He tries to get on the freeway, but it was backed up. He didn't initially know which direction the truck took, but saw it, then had to find the nearest on ramp. It flows.

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

@@Cryptonymicus Idiot ill thought out comment smart ass.. NOT!!

[@johnbockelie3899]

John Wayne, mod Seattle cop. I was 14 when they made this movie. 1974.

[@John-1984]

I love John Wayne's westerns and war movies, but I really wished he would have made more movies like this.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Surprised how intense this was given he wasn't even chasing the truck for 90% of this. Amazingly well shot!

[@blackbird_actual]

The car, the soundtrack, the guns...this is so 70s haha

[@101Volts]

Also, the film quality and visible air pollution in the city.

[@robertwanko219]

@@101Volts Also, error in continuity. On one shot, the car is covered with sand, a few shots later the car is clean as a whistle.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Yes indeed and Love It.

[@calebproductions5970]

Beats the hell out of these d****** movies they make now

[@mikeowen7526]

You took the words right out of my mouth ❤

[@vincentnocera2521]

Such an underrated movie and chase sequence, and something more: an even greater showcase of the "Warner Soundtrack" featuring all of the distinguishable tire screeches, engine revs, and horn honks you know you've heard in countless other Warner Bros movies!

[@TI4438]

Blues Brothers and Bullitt to name two.

[@obxjeepguy]

Like the constant "wheel hop" tire screeching effect featured here was used quite a bit on the "Hardcastle and McCormick" series. Way overused. And as for "Bullitt", that annoying double clutch sound effect they used during the chase almost ruins it for me.

[@crimedramadvdhotspot7720]

Lol every movie is Underrated, Go to any movie on KZbin Hit that comment section. Always some half a meat ball With Underrated, 👉😜

[@Mrandrew7777]

67 year old John Wayne in a great shape, good looking. He is like big rock in in ellegant costume. Car chases in this movie one of the best ever, tremendous stunt work. Good and interesting script and story. I can watch another 101 time. Diana Maldauwer is very beautiful and her part in the film breathtaking. And ofcourse great other actors. tis is the best example of action american movie and still not beaten by any other

[@brettkoeshall2325]

John Wayne actually has excellent taste especially when it comes to automobiles such as a 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in Brewster Green.

[@organfreak]

Do you guys really believe that movie stars get to pick their own cars for the movies???

[@ralphholiman7401]

fk god , I cried when that happened.

[@fkerpants]

@@organfreak Hey Einstein, ever heard of this fellow named "Steve McQueen"? He was in a movie called "Bullitt" and guess who decided what kind of car his character would drive? Right. Not only the kind of car, but the EXACT car, custom wheels and all. So, you were saying...

[@organfreak]

@@fkerpants Who TF cares? I was there; I watched the scenes being filmed.

[@bigsur175]

Do you know how rare that color is on trans am

[@franciscoj.figueroarivera8337]

McQ. Not John Wayne's best acting performance, but his most underrated action movie ever.

[@gmoney1061]

“The Duke,” is driving my DREAM CAR! AWESOME!! 😎👍🏾🔥🥳🤟🏾😆

[@ianmacleod3818]

As a longtime south Seattle resident, all I can think about is how that's probably the absolute worst route to get from Beacon Hill to Lake Union. Took him a whole 4 minutes to get onto I-5. Then again, that onramp at Dearborn is *always* stopped..

[@mybluebelly]

I hear Seattle has become a shithole. Sorry to hear that. I guess with John Wayne out of the picture nobody is keeping the peace anymore.

[@jd.3493]

I lived in west Seattle and know that area down by safeco well... he basically did a big circle, headed south under I5 and somehow got back northbound close by the West Seattle Bridge turnoff... beats me!

[@thewiezman]

mybluebelly Yea seattle is so terrible. I’m actually gonna be moving to your moms basement in kansas with you.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

@@thewiezman CHAZ/CHOP and the multiple people murdered by the self appointed police of the Communist commune was pretty fucking terrible.

[@eatshit8907]

@@thewiezman You should be so lucky, stay where you are,no one wants you.

[@arc6775]

That area where he drives under I5 is a big homeless camp. Actually.... every area he drives through now is a homeless camp.

[@mason3vze740]

God of Stream 1215 yup Washington gone to shit

[@kyle47922]

What do you expect from the Governor and the Mayor and the city council. What a bunch of clowns.

[@johna.4334]

Keep electing democrats and this will be the result. Wake up Washington State!!!

[@TheIndependentLens]

Antifa's campgrounds.

[@Dr.VonBraun]

I was thinking the same thing when I saw that. lol

[@redkos]

When the Duke says, "Get outta that truck!" The best advice would be to GET OUTTA THAT TRUCK!!!

[@Dethmeister]

I like that McQ looks scared while he's driving crazy. Realistic portrayal by John..

[@exitscreaming]

This movie is GOLD . Love it

[@deanwille334]

In an interview, Clint Eastwood said that Dirty Harry was almost filmed in Seattle but was switched to San Francisco mainly because he’s from there! This is a good movie

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Is very true John was supposed to have played dirty Harry but passed in the role he later regretted. And when Clint came on board they changed San Francisco for filming film location

[@pmd467]

Awesome movie! Always wanted a Trans-Am after watching it. LoL.. The Duke could barely fit in it.. Man..I miss those days..

[@ericw3229]

Notice they show don' t him trying to get out of it? Plus in the alley scene when the car was crushed he said he was soaked in gas then later he' s in the hospital dry as a bone and the dope was dry at the impound yard. The magic of the movies

[@georgethomas6744]

He was a big Duke!😅😅

[@4rephill]

Absolutely love that Brewster green '73 Trans Am! - It's as cool as the '68 Mustang in Bullitt!

[@jamiecinder9412]

Man, does that Firebird sound lovely. ❤

[@dancollins8296]

Gotta love John Wayne behind the wheel of that 455

[@dougauzene8389]

Badass Actor & a Badass Car!

[@exitscreaming]

Hell ya !

[@johnclay7644]

rewatched McQ cinematography holds the story well as do the action sequence underrated J Sturges picture.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

That Vancouver exit was always incredibly busy back in the day.

[@goodolddays5292]

That look on his face when he noticed a second truck behind him......😅

[@bobpage6597]

2:08......same engine sound when Steve McQueen is doing his chase in Bullitt in the Mustang.

[@jeffcharlton9660]

His T/A is a similar color of green to McQueen's Mustang too.

[@kristianspencer1978]

The rt challenger from vanishing point.

[@steveconkey7362]

Also used in the 7 ups.

[@willboone5937]

Best john wayne car chase ever.

[@JJfromPhilly67]

Amazingly he had several good car chases. This one, the one on the beach, and the one in Brannigan where he hops in a car and says, "Police, son. Follow that car! What, right hand driver?" and takes off around London. He lost that one, but it was funny.

[@rmbrsrv1]

Great Actor, Great Car, legendary Director that forgot continuity! In this scene the car goes from clean to dirty to polished at 3:54 and back to dirty again! Classic Hollywood!

[@PostPatriot]

Seattle native here. Its really cool to see old 60s I-5. He took the longest route possible to get three on ramps from where he started from the hospital. Lol!

[@williambrown7203]

Me too!

[@matthewadams9900]

Funny seeing all the older cars.

[@lamonstra1464]

An old Lt from SPD said this movie captured the spirit of the times pretty well.

[@brandonkeisler86]

Looks like my grandma going out for groceries.

[@hey_joe7069]

Seattle could use John Wayne right about now.

[@wallochdm1]

Seattle needs a new City Council. Sawant can leave first.

[@fkerpants]

AMERICA could use John Wayne right now, but he can start in Seattle.

[@sclogse1]

Yeah, that will make people trust cops.

[@kyle47922]

Isn't that the truth and Dirty Herry?

[@youtubynotme]

Let the man rest in peace, he isn't a part of our nonsense.

[@briansd2772]

Whenever I drive my SD-455 Trans Am, I always wear a navy blue blazer with a pale yellow dress shirt.

[@z512345]

Hi Brian, I had an 1974 SD_455 all white Trans Am back in 1976. I loved that car, never been beat, on the street.

[@98755785]

As you should....

[@Solitude47152]

Outstanding

[@JJfromPhilly67]

Awesome!

[@NHseacoast]

Classic and underrated Duke movie and car chase!

[@toborobo]

My doctor's office is in the building where the chase starts. It was the original VA hospital in Seattle and for a while around the start of the 21st Century, it was the HQ for Amazon.

[@sunnythai2709]

The brick building at the beginning is now the VA Hospital on Beacon Hill. At about 2.00 he's chasing the van south. The van is on I-5, Wayne is on Airport Way, or it might be 6th Ave South. At 3.02 they are both on I-5 Northbound, Wayne using the Dearborn onramp. Movie magic.

[@robertchandler5055]

THANK YOU ! I AM IN AUBURN AND WILL BE GOING DOWNTOWN TOMOROW...YOUR POST WILL HELP ME WITH PARKING...DIDN'T THE LADIE SCREAMING AT WAYNE SEEM RUDE FOR 1974 SEATTLE

[@sunnythai2709]

@Jerrol Hale I worked down there too for awhile. It sure has changed. I was at SWP on 6th S. How about you?

[@robertchandler5055]

@@sunnythai2709 THE US ARMY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO INVITE ME TO TACOMA ON 2JAN 1987 I HAVE LIVED IN LAKEWOOD AND NOW AUBURN EVER SINCE

[@sunnythai2709]

@@robertchandler5055 I had the honor of serving with some of you fine folks at Ft. Sherman Panama in 1989

[@robertchandler5055]

@@sunnythai2709 does the name COL. WAGELSTEIN RING ANY BELLS...SF/CIA

[@1Bandit455]

@ 1:36 lots of power probably a SD-455 on that takeoff 🏁🏆😎

[@ComputerLearning0]

I love, Love, LOVE his Firebird. That was a beautiful car. They didn't ride worth a damn and stock models really weren't that fast but they sure looked GREAT. I laughed every time they used that Dirty Harry magnum sound effect when he'd fire his revolver. That was so classic for this period.

[@juliusuzutunda]

Woman driver: "Are you crazy" McQ: "Yes i am. Does that answer your question"

[@davidzimmerman]

I miss this Seattle! Try filming a car chase in 2020!

[@1950Grendel]

Try getting across town without incident.

[@therealDWrules]

Please, let's have a lot of car chases here...maybe run over a bunch of Antifa/BLM rioters; we need that herd thinned out!

[@steveconkey7362]

Or dodging the homeless druggies on the streets.

[@imbluz]

The Duke driving a Pontiac Firebird? How badass is that?

[@alcd6333]

Always cool to see the Duke in action.

[@sergiojacquez2277]

Seattle looks so much like San Francisco. And so proud of my 73 Trans -am and yes it's a SD-455 4sp Buccaneer red.

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

Check chp magazine 1979 'they chased one road to vegas..they lost five cars one tire blew out another hood pooped up..another blew engine..the fourth i believe spun out..lasy ran out of fuel...oh guy in pontiac did it with lights out nite ...fact ...

[@mikeowen7526]

The original gunshot sounds The original car engines and sounds........ heaven❤❤ I wish when films are rerelased on dvd the original soundtrack is left alone

[@yoranw4608]

Wayne was a legend. He could have lived more. How sad.

McQ is awesome driving that Trans Am.

[@mikeowen7526]

The 70s were amazing for tough guys music stunts and action packed films This is my era for films ❤

[@moneyovereverything9682]

Not a Huge John Wayne fan (my mom burned me out always watching his westerns) but this is a DAMN GOOD movie. You can tell that car has glasspacks. It sounds Glorious. 😍

[@steveconkey7362]

Most of the engine audio was pulled from the movie Bullet and the 7 ups.

[@leoverran311]

John Wayne can’t get out of the way of his belly at this point of his career, but I still love the guy!!

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

Was 66 and had one lung ..how about you

[@irwinlinker6620]

Can NEVER go wrong with the Duke

[@exitscreaming]

Damn right !

[@poolboyinla]

I drive a Trans Am.

[@johna.4334]

@Mike n Lu StFU

[@johna.4334]

What year and what package?

[@johna.4334]

@Amadeus Eisenberg Ditto!

[@LarryBishop69]

@@johna.4334 👍🇦🇺

[@johna.4334]

@iBiana Doubt What a bunch of bullcrap!

[@mattdavid5830]

I don't care what anybody says-the actor,the action, the music is far,far superior to anything made today!There will never be another Duke!🤠

[@seikibrian8641]

Van turns out to be a real laundry van. McQ: "Why'd you run?" Van driver: "I thought..." McQ: "What!" Van driver: "I thought you were some kind of nut!" McQ: [Sigh] "Maybe I am."

[@omgalexalexalex]

This is fun to watch and try to figure out where they are if you’ve lived in Seattle. The route doesn’t quite make sense haha.

[@wintonhudelson2252]

You are so right. But all movie chases are that way. As I recall from seeing it in the 70s, they jump to the beach scenes from Seattle to Longbeach/Seaview area in the blink of an eye, LOL

[@Cryptonymicus]

That he would drive through back alleys instead of just hopping on the highway and revving it to 150 mph and catch the guy in 12 seconds doesn't really make sense either.

[@bryanjensen300]

Nothing in downtown except post alley. University bridge , bridge to beacon hill over dearborn, ballard, elliot ave north. A cinematic chase thru seattle. There is a john wayne marina outside Sequim. Where he spent time.

[@Rubycon99]

It's the same watching Dirty Harry drive through San Francisco :P It's fun to recognize places, but you're always left wondering "how'd he go from there to there?"

[@McAntichrist]

I lived on Sturgis/Charles where he "jumps" his Trans Am. The chase isn't 100% contiguous by reality's standards but isn't too bad. Love this.

[@georgeharleydavidsonrider156]

John Wayne at his best. 👍😎

[@stevenwinckler3694]

love this scene....love the music

[@Cryptonymicus]

0:25 Firing at fleeing suspects with a truck in the background full of compressed gas cylinders loaded with oxygen. It even says "Oxygen" on the side of the truck. What could possibly go wrong?

[@Bayan1905]

With all that coke, it would have been snowing in Seattle.

[@thomasstokes9526]

Great movie, should have done of the franchise 😊😊😊

[@luiscespedes8683]

'73 Trans AM SD + John "The Duke" Wayne = Middle age crisis

[@bigblockjalopy]

in my book one of the coolest couples in movie history

[@ricpratt6584]

Sorry, no Super Duty engines in any of the Trans Ams. All three cars were powered by the standard L75 455.

[@tsarbomba1]

I suspect it was due to getting some of the Dirty Harry love. They originally offered DH to Frank Sinatra. He had done several cop/detective movies and passed. They offered it to John Wayne and when he found out Frank passed on it said he didn't want Sinatra's cast-offs. Eastwood did it and I suspect that's why Wayne did McQ and Branningan.

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

@@ricpratt6584 Lol.... and all the V8 sound effects are from a Mopar Big Block (sounds like they pulled all the effects from the Vanishing Point Challenger and Bullitt Charger). Trans Am's never sounded like that -- they had their own distinct growl.

[@lamontburton1233]

To Tsar Bomba:In other postings related to Clint getting the Dirty Harry role Steve McQueen,Paul Newman & yes John Mitchum's(Frank DiGeorgio)Robert all passed on playing Dirty Harry.Those guys couldn't have done the role justice the way Cint did.

[@LB__1]

I remember watching this movie on TV when I was a little kid. I would always watch any movie with John Wayne every chance I had.

[@bodieofci5418]

The Duke in a Trans Am. I'm all in.

[@exitscreaming]

0:55 " Are you crazy?!?" ----Not as crazy as those panty lines on that @ss , right gang ?

[@gbaker9295]

Thank you!

[@ModMokkaMatti]

KCPQ-TV (Ch 13) seemed to promote this film all the time, back in the early '80s, when they were still a local independent station and not affiliated with particular network, and life was considerably better here in the Pacific Northwest than what it's become.

[@justinsmith4941]

Greatest tough guy in all his movies

[@000TheZombie000]

Seems like really high quality footage for 1974. Looks like it was filmed in HD this year!

[@wpeastman]

No adds. Thank you

[@exitscreaming]

Little known fact---the Duke did all his stunt driving himself . An associate Producer tried to dissuade him , and got an uppercut to the chops for a reply . The rest , as they say , is cinematic history .

[@mholiday]

Totally untrue.It's a combination of the Duke,Hal Needham and Gary McLarty driving

[@karlmortoniv2951]

John Wayne hit a guy for suggesting a stunt driver? I hope that’s not true, and that we’re talking metaphorically. I always thought Wayne was smarter than that. 😕

[@mholiday]

@@karlmortoniv2951 It's not true

[@ricpratt6584]

Urban myth!! Bogus.

[@scottknode898]

He didn’t do his own stunts and with his health he couldn’t do everything himself anyway. He didn’t have cancer then but he had problems with breathing as he only had one lung after had lung cancer in 1964 and relied on oxygen for years. John Wayne was also 66 years old during filming of this film.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

2:40 you see the same 'seat belt' billboard (different location of course) during a chase in "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" The Duke racing through town in a Firebird, gotta love it 👍

[@lynntempleton9640]

From the sound of the motor, to the jump, to the motorcycle crash...very Bullitt-esque,,,a Firebird instead of a Mustang.

[@ussvoyager8650]

Great film Great car chase

[@chrisrobinson3494]

EVERY car in that parking lot, & in the chase is a classic now!

[@1234597114]

Every car in that parking lot was an appliance ten years later

[@MrBernard1980]

Love this fecking music 👌

[@MrRandybut]

My grandfather took me to see this movie in a theater. I was 12.😥

[@Dunderslag]

You had one cool grandpa.

[@scottgross582]

I was 8

[@wallochdm1]

I love it when he shoots directly at the truck loaded with gas cylinders.

[@sclogse1]

Caught that. If this was Justified.....another story.

[@andyharman3022]

I'm just dropping in to say that I won't be watching this. I cry every time I see the trucks smash that beautiful Firebird to death in the alley.

[@davidthompson882]

Love these movies with the duke when he was older as my grandfather was 6ft 4 and the image of him, wasn’t quite the same in his Volvo lol

[@thepunditspundit1776]

I kind of enjoy the heroes a bit when they get older. It’s a bit more interesting. They are forever badass from time and experience, but their belly is bigger, their knees are shot, their stamina isn’t great. They have to improvise more. Any fight they are in, they either have to end with one punch or use a weapon. You know it is them...it’s just different

[@tiger.6509]

It's hard not to see John Wayne on his horse.

[@spuwho]

I want that car! Firebird "McQ Edition". This was the movie Wayne made after he turned down "Dirty Harry". After it was a hit, he had his people come up with this. I wish he had done this sooner. By this time he was on 1 lung and his third toupee.

[@brian-vz5hz]

He was too old at this point for Dirty Harry. I'm glad he turned it down. Clint was perfect for that role.

[@johnchurch4705]

Didn’t they also ask Frank Sinatra to play the role of Dirty Harry?

[@MrPaulcoster94]

I would love that car now 😎

[@chucksgarage7165]

Someone needs to do a McQ tribute Firebird build.

[@johnchurch4705]

I think Year One did and put twin turbos on it.

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

I love his pontiac.

[@keonjenkins1852]

Get outta that truck!!!!LMAO!!

[@davidhull1610]

Damn, I love that car

[@deborahw6860]

Duke is by far the best actor who ever lived ‼️💯 your still just as popular today 💯 Gotta love the Duke 💯‼️💕

[@chuckselvage3157]

I like how all the scenes are a prelude to a car chase so he can showcase his Pontiac lol. Good movie.

[@ericburns2421]

Throughout the movie this car was called The Green hornet and it lived up to its name rest well John Wayne

[@toniroberts8117]

Anyone else notice that this is the ONLY John Wayne movie where he shoots someone in the back (while they run away too). It’s not this scene but an earlier one. I remember first time I saw that I was shocked lol

[@franklinmills1756]

I wonder if John Wayne chose this car? 73 Trans Am brewster green 😍

[@strawdogs111]

GREAT UNFORGETTABLE DUKE.

[@studiobencivengamarcusbenc5272]

I love the old John Wayne - the grit and the flair 🤠💪🏼

[@SuperSy99]

Superior cinematography than Netflix movies

[@adamsonntag5755]

This is awesome.

[@paulorlando5877]

Great movie! Just a little weird seeing John Wayne in a car! Lol.

[@nissekram]

I notice they used the same sound effect for Wayne's revolver as in Dirty Harry 😉

[@CharlesFlahertyB]

The Duke makes a mash-up of Bullitt and Dirty Harry

[@tallthinwavy3]

2:44 - 2:48 best sound of the film

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

That sound effect is from the Challenger in Vanishing Point. It's a Mopar 383 V8.

[@keonjenkins1852]

It sounds like the General Lee LOL

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

@@keonjenkins1852 Absolutely -- Dukes of Hazzard lifted the Charger from Bullitt and Challenger from Vanishing Point for the sound effects for the General Lee. That's why so many people thought the General Lee had a 4 speed -- because the sound effects sourced from those 2 films had 4 speed/383 V8 cars.

[@A.R.77]

Ah the 70's...random car chases thru town were the norm.

[@Puzzoozoo]

Loved the 70's and 80's, so many great and original movies. As for the chase, he should have looked at the reg plate of the bad guys van before he went after them. 😁

[@1234597114]

Too busy dodging 00 buck and shooting back.

[@TanveerAhmed-gl5jk]

Finally wayne off of his horse. Hahaha and sits behind a T A . Wheel.