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Hellfighters (1968)

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Average Rating: 3.9/10
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Movie Info

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.

G, 2 hr. 1 min.

Documentary, Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance

Directed By: Andrew V. MacLagen , Jon Frankel

Written By: Clair Huffaker, Jon Frankel, Siobhan Dunne

In Theaters: Nov 27, 1968 Wide

On DVD: Jan 5, 1999

Cast

John Wayne
Chance Buckman
Katharine Ross
Tish Buckman
Jim Hutton
Greg Parker
Vera Miles
Madelyn Buckman
Jay C. Flippen
Jack Lomax
Bruce Cabot
Joe Horn
Edward Faulkner
George Harris
Barbara Stuart
Irene Foster
Edmund Hashim
Col.Valdez
Val de Vargas
Amal Bokru
Frances Fong
Madame Loo
Alberto Morin
Gen.Lopez
Alan Caillou
Harry York
Laraine Stephens
Helen Meadows
John Alderson
Jim Hatch
Lal Chand Mehra
Dr. Songla
Rudy Diaz
Zamora
Pedro Gonzales
Hemando
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Hernando
Big John Hamilton
William Hardy
Bebe Louie
Gumdrop
Chuck Roberson
Firefighter in airplane
Edward Colmans
Senor Caldez

Critic Reviews for Hellfighters

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (6) | DVD (2)

Our indestructible Duke again has made actionful, if not stirringly meaningful, child's play of exotic disasters.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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A.H. Weiler

New York Times

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A slow moving, talkative, badly plotted bore.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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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.

June 13, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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The Duke is an oil-fire fighter running around the world putting out blazes.

May 4, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

A dull adventure tale about macho men who fight oil fires.

November 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Blazingly colorful Duke Wayne actioner.

November 1, 2004 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

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This is a very entertaining film. Some of the acting of Jim Hutton & Katharine Ross may have been less than one would expect. But the film should be seen keeping mind that this was years before the disaster films of the early seventies like The Poseidon Adventure & The Towering Inferno. It is a fun watch as

November 12, 2008

Dean McKenna

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A lumbering exercise in machismo, this films sees a series of oil fires/explosions tackled by John Wayne in overalls and no plot. Frankly, it's bores in the same way common to most disaster movies of the 70s. The Duke's forays into other genres are generally best avoided.

June 12, 2007