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Hellfighters

Year:
Duration:
121 min | Finland:112 min (cut)
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.5
Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1968-11-27
Filming Locations: Conroe, Texas, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
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
Colonel Valdez
Valentin de Vargas
Amal Bokru (as Valentin De Vargas)
Frances Fong
Madame Loo
Alberto Morin
General Lopez
Alan Caillou
Harry York
Laraine Stephens
Helen Meadows
John Alderson
Jim Hatch
Lal Chand Mehra
Dr. Songla
Rudy Diaz
Zamora
Bebe Louie
Gumdrop
Chris Chandler
Houston TV Reporter
William Hardy
Howard Finch
Ed 'Cal' Calhoun
Richard 'Cactus' Pryor
Chance's Doctor (as Cactus Pryor)
Big John Hamilton
Elizabeth Germaine
Leon Alton
Man Entering Restaurant (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Man Passing through Lobby (uncredited)
Edward Colmans
Senor Caldez (uncredited)
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Hernando - Houseboy (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson
Waiter (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
White-Haired Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Firefighter in Airplane (uncredited)
John Stephenson
Mr. Chapman (U.S. Embassy, Venezuela) (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
When Tish Buckman and Greg Parker look at the house they plan to move into after they wed, it's the same house used as the Douglas home in My Three Sons (1960). It was later used as one of the houses on "Wysteria Lane" in Desperate Housewives (2004).
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The studio designed special nozzles for the fires. There was an outer ring nozzle that shot out the flames and an inner one that shot out a mixture of water and India ink to simulate oil. This can be seen in how easily the "oil" is wiped off the actor's faces.
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Katharine Ross and John Wayne had many arguments over his very vocal support for the Vietnam War.
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Goofs
Chance remarks about a "poison well" spewing "hydrogen sulfate." It is actually hydrogen sulfide which is most often found in oil well situations. Hydrogen sulfate describes the compound which is sulfuric acid and is generally not gaseous. Hydrogen sulfide is a gas and it is poisonous.
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In the last scene, after the 3 oil fires are blown out, Chance is holding the guide rope to the control head. In the background you can see that the pipe stem is split and separated. In the next shot, all 3 drill stems are intact with flanges, to secure the control head to.
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When Tish Buckman is being picked up at the Jackson Hole airport, her porter picks up her three suitcases and skis. While walking to the plane, he has only the suitcases. When he reaches the plane, he has the skis again.
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Quotes
Jack Lomax: There's no mystery. There just seems to be.
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Colonel Valdez: My father is finally going to marry my mother! Isn't that great?
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Greg Parker: [after being awakened by a kiss from Tish] What are you doing here?
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