Hellfighters (1968)
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14% of critics liked it
(7 reviews) -
75% of users liked it
(6,882 ratings)
Chance Buckman (John Wayne) heads a team of international trouble shooters who travel around the world to put out oil fires. The dangerous profession has taken a toll on the marriage between Chance and Madelyn (Vera Miles), who leaves when she can no longer endure the stress of saying goodbye and… More Chance Buckman (John Wayne) heads a team of international trouble shooters who travel around the world to put out oil fires. The dangerous profession has taken a toll on the marriage between Chance and Madelyn (Vera Miles), who leaves when she can no longer endure the stress of saying goodbye and fearing she will never see him again. With his faithful assistant Greg (Jim Hutton), the team is ready at a moments notice to race anywhere to extinguish the flames of oil fires raging out of control. Greg eventually falls for Chance's daughter, Tish (Katherine Ross), who shares her mother's concern over the dangers the men endure. Hellfighters received technical advising from famed oil-well fighter Red Adair and his assistants who provided excellent and credible information for the film and the pyrotechnic team headed by legendary special-effects expert Fred Knoth. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Andrew V. MacLagen, Jon Frankel
- Written By
- Clair Huffaker, Jon Frankel, Siobhan Dunne
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance
G,
- In Theaters
- Nov 27, 1968 Wide
Critic Reviews
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A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Our indestructible Duke again has made actionful, if not stirringly meaningful, child's play of exotic disasters.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A slow moving, talkative, badly plotted bore.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
All the ingredients (cliches) of the John Wayne hero are here, from commitment to his job as firefighter to a wife who couldn't accept him to a daughter who affects reconciliation.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
The Duke is an oil-fire fighter running around the world putting out blazes.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A dull adventure tale about macho men who fight oil fires.
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Cast
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John Wayne
as Chance Buckman
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Katharine Ross
as Tish Buckman
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Jim Hutton
as Greg Parker
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Vera Miles
as Madelyn Buckman
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Jay C. Flippen
as Jack Lomax
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Bruce Cabot
as Joe Horn
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Edward Faulkner
as George Harris
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Barbara Stuart
as Irene Foster
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Edmund Hashim
as Col.Valdez
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Val de Vargas
as Amal Bokru
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Frances Fong
as Madame Loo
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Alberto Morin
as Gen.Lopez
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Alan Caillou
as Harry York
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Laraine Stephens
as Helen Meadows
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John Alderson
as Jim Hatch
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Lal Chand Mehra
as Dr. Songla
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Rudy Diaz
as Zamora
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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
as Hernando
- Big John Hamilton
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Bebe Louie
as Gumdrop
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Chuck Roberson
as Firefighter in airplane
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Edward Colmans
as Senor Caldez
- William Hardy
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Richard S. "Cactus" Pryor
as Chance's Doctor
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Pedro Gonzales
as Hemando
