After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.
Jeffrey Bannister
- 2nd Agent
- (as Jeff Bannister)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen asked to comment on David Carradine's actual martial arts skills, Chuck Norris opined, "David Carradine is every bit as good a martial artist as I am an actor."
- GoofsWhen McQuade pulls Snow from the burning truck, and begins to carry him away in a "fireman's carry," he is twisted up on his side with his arm pulled behind him. When the camera changes angles, he is being carried correctly.
When he pulled Snow from the truck, he was just trying to get him clear, not worrying about correct form.. After getting him safe, he adjusted his "fireman's carry" correctly.
- Crazy creditsA "Spiritual Adviser" is credited in the closing credits. It is director John Milius.
- Alternate versionsNorwegian cinema version is heavily cut to get an 16 rating but later video versions are uncut with an 18 rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'Lone Wolf McQuade' (1983)
Featured review
Learning a thing or two from spaghetti westerns
Among all Chuck Norris movies I've watched so far, there were a few I rather liked (especially "Missing In Action" was so hilarious they had to quote it in "Hot Shots 2"), but "Lone Wolf McQuade" is the first time I actually loved every minute. I confess. There are many good reasons for it, though. Already in the opening scene, I noticed the excellent music by Francesco De Masi. The guitars, bells, trumpets, harmonicas are straight from the school of spaghetti western and turn every close-up into larger-than-life drama. David Carradine is a opponent way ahead of the villains Chuck battled in other flicks. Barbara Carrera ("Never Say Never Again") catches the eye as a widow falling in love with Chuck. The story is (intentionally or not) kept as basic as possible: hero meets bad guys, tries a solution with violence, doesn't work, tries MORE violence, then it works. Much in this movie defies reason and logic, but don't ask "why?", just view it as a kind of ritualistic fantasy western in a modern day decoration, thus it can be great fun. And you learn a lot of useful things, for example: you can revive a seemingly dead and definitely buried man with two cans of beer. And don't miss one of the first computer hacking scenes in film history, you won't believe your eyes.
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- unbrokenmetal
- Nov 3, 2007
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,232,628
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,295,300
- Apr 17, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $12,232,628
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