Hellfighters
1968 · Movie · G · 121 min · ★ 6.3 · 18% critics
A specialist in oil-well fires leads a traveling team to extinguish massive blazes in oil fields around the world. The work is dangerous and urgent, and it also strains personal relationships as emergencies keep pulling the crew away from home.
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Details
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-11-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Critic score
- 18/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (85 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want big, globe-trotting firefighting adventure with standout blaze sequences; Not for you if you prefer character-driven romance, tight plotting, or a more balanced focus on the job over family drama, like in The Sea Wolves or Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr.
Pros: thrilling oil fires; engaging heroics; authentic-feeling action | Cons: dialogue-heavy pacing; soapier family drama; mixed plot quality
Themes
- oil
- love interest
- firefighter
Cast & crew
John Wayne
as Chance Buckman
Katharine Ross
as Tish Buckman
Jim Hutton
as Greg Parker
Vera Miles
as Madelyn Buckman
Jay C. Flippen
as Jack Lomax
Bruce Cabot
as Joe Horn
Edward Faulkner
as George Harris
Edmund Hashim
as Colonel Valdez
Barbara Stuart
as Irene Foster
Valentin de Vargas
as Amal Bokru
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen