Information
| Year: | 1968 |
| Rating: | 6.3(1777) |
| Listed in: | Action, Adventure, Romance |
| Directed by: | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Actors: | John Wayne Jim Hutton Jay C. Flippen Bruce Cabot Edward Faulkner Vera Miles Katharine Ross |
| "The Toughest Hellfighter Of All! [Australia Theatrical]" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| Actors | |
| John Wayne | as Chance Buckman |
| Jim Hutton | as Greg Parker |
| Jay C. Flippen | as Jack Lomax |
| Bruce Cabot | as Joe Horn |
| Edward Faulkner | as George Harris |
| Edmund Hashim | as Col. Valdez |
| Valentin de Vargas | as Amal Bokru |
| Alberto Morin | as General López |
| Alan Caillou | as Harry York |
| John Alderson | as Jim Hatch |
| Lal Chand Mehra | as Dr. Songla |
| Rudy Diaz | as Zamora |
| Chris Chandler | as Houston TV reporter |
| William Hardy | |
| Howard Finch | as Ed 'Cal' Calhoun |
| Richard 'Cactus' Pryor | as Chance's doctor |
| Big John Hamilton | |
| Edward Colmans | as Senor Caldez |
| Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | as Hernando - Houseboy |
| Chuck Roberson | as Firefighter in Airplane |
| John Stephenson | as Mr. Chapman (U.S. Embassy, Venezuela) |
| Actresses | |
| Vera Miles | as Madelyn Buckman |
| Katharine Ross | as Tish Buckman |
| Barbara Stuart | as Irene Foster |
| Frances Fong | as Madame Loo |
| Laraine Stephens | as Helen Meadows |
| Bebe Louie | as Gumdrop |
| Elizabeth Germaine | |
| Bella Jarrett |
Movie info
| Languages: | Spanish, English |
| Plot: | The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world. |
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Goofs
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Continuity: At beginning of the movie after helicopter lands, speed of rotor blades varies between shots. Fact errors: 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. Revealing mistakes: When the Hellfighters are fighting the first oil well fire, they explode nitro glycerine over the oil rig to extinguish the fire. After the explosion, the fire is still burning! Continuity: When Tish first arrives at her father apartment in Houston, she asks for a scotch rocks... but in numerous shots, there is never any ice in the glass. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: In the last scene, after the 3 oil fires are blown out. Chance is holding the guy 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. Revealing mistakes: During the office scenes, looking through the office window, obvious toy cars were used to simulate the highway (that could be seen from outside when the helicopter first landed). Continuity: A rear view of the cockpit shows the doorway to be clear while a view from inside the cockpit shows a curtain over the doorway. |
Quotes
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Chance Buckman: [referring to the fact that Greg brings a girl to a different fire] What did you use for openers this time, the old headache gag? Why, you poor man, perhaps if I rubbed your neck? Greg Parker: True - every word, true. But it works. Chance Buckman: Can't say I blame you. A fellow as ugly as you are probably couldn't get to first base without a fire. Chance Buckman: Exactly WHAT did you tell her about Madame Loo? Greg Parker: Only that she's 80 years old, weighs 300 pounds and is one of your oldest friends. Greg Parker: [after being awakened by a kiss from Tish] What are you doing here? Chance Buckman: [being awakened by Greg's question] What's Tish doing here? Madelyn Buckman: That was my idea. Chance Buckman: Somebody wake me up! |
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