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Released
1983 · FILM

Lone Wolf McQuade

A lone Texas Ranger goes rogue to bring a ruthless drug kingpin to justice, using his guns and martial‑arts skill, while racing against time as the criminal’s lover becomes the ultimate bargaining chip.

“The 'mad dog' criminal... The 'lone wolf' lawman... The ultimate showdown.”

Directed by
Steve Carver
Written by
B J Nelson, H Kaye Dyal
Runtime
107 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

A renegade Texas Ranger takes on a drug kingpin using automatic weapons, his intelligence, and martial arts after a gunfight results in the death of his partner. The conflict ultimately leads to a martial arts confrontation between the drug lord and the ranger, with the woman they both love caught in the middle.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Anthony RedmanShot by Roger Shearman JrScored by Francesco De MasiDesigned by Norm Baron

Box Office

1983 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$12.2M

Budget$5.0M
Worldwide gross$12.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $4.3M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $5.8M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,221 theaters

Also known as

  • Mc Quade - der Wolfde
  • McQuade, der Wolfde
  • Œil pour œilfr
  • Una magnum per McQuadeit

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