All the ingredients (cliches) of the typical Wayne hero are evident, from commitment to his profession as firefighter to a wife (Vera Miles) who couldn't accept him to a daughter (Katharine Ross) who marries a hellfighter and affects reconciliation.
Hellfighters (1968)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:1
Rotten:6
Average Rating:3.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: In one of Wayne's less spectacular later dramas from 1968, he plays real-life character Red Adair, owner of a Texas company which puts out oil well fires. Ross, fresh from earning an Academy Award... In one of Wayne's less spectacular later dramas from 1968, he plays real-life character Red Adair, owner of a Texas company which puts out oil well fires. Ross, fresh from earning an Academy Award nomination for THE GRADUATE, in '67 plays his feisty daughter. [More]
Starring: John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles
Starring: John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Jay C. Flippen, Bruce Cabot, Barbara Stuart
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Producer: Robert Arthur
Screenwriter: Clair Huffaker
Composer: John McCarthy, Leonard Rosenman
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The Duke is an oil-fire fighter running around the world putting out blazes.
Our indestructible Duke again has made actionful, if not stirringly meaningful, child's play of exotic disasters.
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