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Hellfighters: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles. Divorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member.
Hellfighters is a 1968 American adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton and Vera Miles. The movie depicts a group of oil well firefighters and is based loosely on the life of Red Adair .
When Chance Buckman is badly injured while fighting an oil well fire, his young associate, Greg Parker, takes it upon himself to send for Chance's daughter, Tish.
Woot! Romantic complications jeopardize the unity and safety of a crack team of oil-disaster firefighters.
Chance Buckman (John Wayne) has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. He, his assistant Greg (Jim Hutton) and his team of skilled firefighters extinguish raging oil field fires all over...
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Hellfighters. Summaries. Divorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, but a Venezuelan oil rig fire reunites them.
Hellfighters. Roger Ebert December 27, 1968. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Out in front of the Roosevelt Theater there's a big photo of John Wayne and this quote, attributed to him: "I've made a lot of action pictures but never one as exciting as this."
