Hellfighters (film)

• John Wayne: Chance Buckman
• Katharine Ross: Liz / Tish Buckman
• Jim Hutton: Greg Parker
• Bruce Cabot: Joe Horn
• Edward Faulkner: George Harris
• Vera Miles: Madeline Buckman
• Jay C. Flippen: Jack Lomax
• Barbara Stuart: Foster Irene

The Intrepid is an American film director Andrew V. McLaglen from the year 1968. It is based on the history of firefighter Red Adair, who specializes in the deletion from burning oil wells. He founded after 15 years of work experience in 1959 his own company and developed new revolutionary methods to clear burning oil and gas wells. Adair quickly became the best in his field and put out over the years about 1,000 such fires. He was also in use in Kuwait after Iraqi soldiers had placed there numerous oil fires in their withdrawal.

Action

At a New Year's Eve is the Buckman Company, a company specializing in the deletion of gas and oil fires company called to a burning oil well. Although the fire can be extinguished, but is company owner chance Buckman seriously injured in the operation. Then bring Greg Parker Liz Buckman, Buckman's daughter chance at whose bedside. The two had lost after the divorce of her parents almost out of sight. Greg Parker and Liz Buckman fall in love and as Greg is almost killed in a subsequent application before the eyes of Liz's, Buckman wants to close his company and switch to the company his friend Jack Lomax. Greg rejects this and takes over the company, as the Parker Company changes name to continue.

As terrorists at the same five sources of fire when used in Venezuela at an oil field, must chance Buckman, who with his ex-wife Madeline is now back together, help with his experience. Madeline can time the fear of her husband, at which the first marriage has overcome, because they accompanied him during use.

Criticism

The lexicon of the International film ruled that the film is a " [r ] outiniert staged mix of adventure and problem film with exciting scenes. " Is, but " even lengths" have. Negative side were " some subliminal chauvinist and patriotic sounds " on.

Special

The film crew was shooting for the film a real use of Red Adair and his team, who was paid by the production company Universal. Even before this film was released in theaters, John Wayne had the film The Marshall turned off, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor.