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Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer:
Clair Huffaker (writer)
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Release Date:
27 November 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Romance more
Tagline:
The Toughest Hellfighter Of All! [Australia Theatrical]
Plot:
The story of macho oil well firefighters and their wives. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Great realism for it's day. more (36 total)
US TV Schedule:
Mon. Nov. 236:00 AMAMC   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Wayne ... Chance Buckman

Vera Miles ... Madelyn Buckman

Katharine Ross ... Tish Buckman
Jim Hutton ... Greg Parker
Jay C. Flippen ... Jack Lomax
Bruce Cabot ... Joe Horn
Edward Faulkner ... George Harris
Barbara Stuart ... Irene Foster
Edmund Hashim ... Col. Valdez
Valentin de Vargas ... Amal Bokru
Frances Fong ... Madame Loo
Alberto Morin ... General López
Alan Caillou ... Harry York
Laraine Stephens ... Helen Meadows
John Alderson ... Jim Hatch
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
121 min | Finland:112 min (cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
Spanish | English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 70 mm 6-Track (Australia)
Certification:
Finland:K-12 (heavily cut) (1969) (35 mm) | Finland:K-12 (uncut) (1968) (70 mm) | Singapore:PG | West Germany:16 (f) | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2008) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:G
Filming Locations:
Baytown, Texas, USA more
Company:
Universal Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When asked to comment on the film during production, actress Katharine Ross replied, "It's the biggest piece of crap I've ever done!" Then the reporter asked Vera Miles (who was playing Wayne's wife and Ross's mother in the film) to respond to Ross's comment. She thought for a moment and said, "Well, it's not the biggest piece of crap I'VE ever done!" more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the office scenes, looking through the office window, obvious toy cars were used to simulate the highway (that could be seen from outside when the helicopter first landed). more
Quotes:
Chance Buckman: Exactly WHAT did you tell her about Madame Loo?
Greg Parker: Only that she's 80 years old, weighs 300 pounds and is one of your oldest friends.
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Movie Connections:
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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Great realism for it's day., 10 June 2005
9/10
Author: muvphreek from San Jose, CA

Loosely based on the exploits of Red Adair, Hellfighters is a perfect vehicle for John Wayne. The characterizations are a bit overstated, but this was standard for the era, so I allow for that. And who could have picked a more appropriate love interest for the Duke than Vera Miles as a San Francisco Department Store heiress.

I thought Jim Hutton and Katherine Ross made a good offsetting couple to JW & VM and Bruce Cabot, a long-time associate of Wayne's, an excellent comic element.

I think the thing that sold it for me was the reality of the fire scenes which I just marveled at until I saw that Red Adair was a technical adviser on the film. That and the knowledge that Wayne was all for reality as much as possible really made me a watch it anytime fan of this picture.

If one takes into account the decade in which the picture was made, it can be and is, for me at least, a very enjoyable film. I highly recommend it!

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