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Les feux de l'enfer

Original title: Hellfighters
  • 1968
  • G
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
6.9K
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John Wayne, Jim Hutton, and Katharine Ross in Les feux de l'enfer (1968)
DisasterWorkplace DramaActionAdventureDramaRomanceWar

Divorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, ... Read allDivorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, but a Venezuelan oil rig fire reunites them.Divorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, but a Venezuelan oil rig fire reunites them.

  • Director
    • Andrew V. McLaglen
  • Writer
    • Clair Huffaker
  • Stars
    • John Wayne
    • Katharine Ross
    • Jim Hutton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    6.9K
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    • Director
      • Andrew V. McLaglen
    • Writer
      • Clair Huffaker
    • Stars
      • John Wayne
      • Katharine Ross
      • Jim Hutton
    • 72User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    John Wayne
    John Wayne
    • Chance Buckman
    Katharine Ross
    Katharine Ross
    • Tish Buckman
    Jim Hutton
    Jim Hutton
    • Greg Parker
    Vera Miles
    Vera Miles
    • Madelyn Buckman
    Jay C. Flippen
    Jay C. Flippen
    • Jack Lomax
    Bruce Cabot
    Bruce Cabot
    • Joe Horn
    Edward Faulkner
    Edward Faulkner
    • George Harris
    Barbara Stuart
    Barbara Stuart
    • Irene Foster
    Edmund Hashim
    Edmund Hashim
    • Colonel Valdez
    Valentin de Vargas
    Valentin de Vargas
    • Amal Bokru
    Frances Fong
    Frances Fong
    • Madame Loo
    Alberto Morin
    Alberto Morin
    • General Lopez
    Alan Caillou
    Alan Caillou
    • Harry York
    Laraine Stephens
    Laraine Stephens
    • Helen Meadows
    John Alderson
    John Alderson
    • Jim Hatch
    Lal Chand Mehra
    Lal Chand Mehra
    • Dr. Songla
    Rudy Diaz
    Rudy Diaz
    • Zamora
    Bebe Louie
    Bebe Louie
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    • Director
      • Andrew V. McLaglen
    • Writer
      • Clair Huffaker
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    6planktonrules

    Despite a few clichés and problems with the writing, it was worth seeing since the plot was so unique

    This COULD have been an exceptional John Wayne film, as the plot was so unusual and was based loosely on the exploits of oil fire expert Red Adair. The idea of him working as a man who travels the world to put out oil fires is pretty cool! This was a very nice change of pace for The Duke and the film had some wonderful moments. However, while the script SOMETIMES offered a lot of new and interesting moments, at other times it was very clichéd and formulaic--cheapening the exploits of Adair AND making it just another mediocre late 60s/early 70s John Wayne film. Now understand that I really like John Wayne films, but I must admit that aside from THE SHOOTIST, all his films after THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE were mediocre and formulaic--so much so that they offer nothing particularly new (even TRUE GRIT which garnered Wayne an Oscar even though he'd made many better films). Even one of his films I really liked from this era, ROOSTER COGBURN, is essentially THE African QUEEN set in the old West. And what formulaic elements do these films have in common? Well, how about a way too old Duke Wayne getting in a fist fight in all these films (and he was into his 60s), macho arguments among the manly actors about who is going to do the "selfless" act (whatever that might be), an occasional over-reliance on comedy and John walking through the film as if he's in slow-motion (which, at his age, he was). No, Wayne didn't age very well in these films and his fans watched them because they loved the actor--not because they were outstanding films. That's exactly why I watched them.
    9nealmassey

    Wayne plays Chance Buckman in the mold or spirit of Red Adair

    This is a very entertaining film ... co-staring Jim Hutton, Katherine Ross & Vera Miles. Some of the acting of Hutton & 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 Buckman's crew travels the world putting out oil well fires while kindling a few fires of their own in the local women. It is fun to watch many of the fire-fighting scenes today and wonder how they pulled this off thirty years ago. It is very John Wayne as can be seen as some of his regulars turn up here, such as Bruce Cabot, Edward Faulkner who were part of his stable. Watch it and enjoy.
    6AlsExGal

    The unusual topic of oil well fire fighters

    Action and romance with John Wayne as the head of a company that specializes in putting out oil well fires. An accident leads to his co-worker and friend Jim Hutton contacting Wayne's estranged daughter Katharine Ross and ex-wife Vera Miles, who left Wayne because she couldn't handle the stress of being married to a man in such a dangerous profession. Wayne and Miles are therefore stunned when Hutton and Ross fall for each other and quickly get married, insuring that the younger couple will face the same situations.

    This isn't awful, and the firefighting scenes are interesting, but the melodrama aspects are tired and dull. I always like seeing Jay C. Flippen, even if this is one of his wheelchair roles after losing a leg to diabetes complications. Ross reportedly battled with Wayne throughout filming due to their contrasting views on Vietnam.
    7lgrant

    I really liked this movie!

    After the first Gulf War, we heard a steady stream of news reports about workers putting out oil fires in Kuwait. I immediately understood what they were describing, because I had seen Hellfighters, and they were using the same techniques.

    I really liked this movie. I thought Chance Buckman was the perfect role for John Wayne's character...his character seemed to match the sort of person who would be doing this for a living. Fighting the fires while getting shot at by guerrilla fighters seemed a big much, until I considered what is going on with people working on the infrastructure in Iraq...not much different.

    I've heard the complaint that the special effects are not up to today's standards, but they work for me...they do not interrupt my suspension of disbelief, and they are not distracting like some of todays whiz-bang special effects.

    I think this is one of John Wayne's best movies.
    8scootwhoman

    John Wayne portrays a modern-day hero.

    When I first saw "Hellfighters" I was only about 13 years old. The movie certainly captivated me, in part because it seemed so realistic. Also, the slogan of the Buckman Company really appealed to me. "Around the world, around the clock." This was a story about someone who really went the distance to help people.

    This movie was so visually stunning that Popular Mechanics ran a cover story on the special effects, describing how a mixture of propane and diesel oil was used to make the fires, which were fed by underground pipes. It also explained that Red Adair really did use explosives to put out oil well fires, which many people found hard to believe.

    This was a highly believable, present day performance by John Wayne, which is somewhat special in and of itself. There was only one brawl, which was all good fun, and we even get to see Mr. Wayne get a face full of what looks kind of like oil. (It was dyed water.) There is no heavy, moralistic message to this film, a minimum of flag waving, and watching it is just plain fun.

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    • Trivia
      Jay C. Flippen had a leg amputated due to infection in 1965 while filming Cat Ballou (1965). That is why he played Jack Lomax as being wheelchair bound, with the reason given that the character had broken his back fighting a fire.
    • Goofs
      The Australian driller takes off his mask a decent distance away from the poison well fire and dies nearly instantly. Yet Greg is right under the well and has a hole in his hose going directly into the closed environment of his mask and is only knocked out. However, this can be explained by the Australian breathing air that had been saturated with the poison gas. The gas was spreading past the safety flags, possible due to wind or other weather conditions. Greg was working with an air mask. When his hose split he still had some air left in his tank that would have been at a higher pressure than the outside air, keeping it out of his breathing air to a degree. He is seen putting his hand over the leak and then passing out in the water. The water would have prevented further poisonous air from getting into his system.
    • Quotes

      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.

    • Crazy credits
      There is a print which has been shown on UK television, an original English language print with English titles, which however includes two frames of opening titles in Italian: the list of technical consultants is headed "Consulenti Tecnici" and the next sheet explaining that the events depicted are based on the real live experiences of those people, is written in Italian. Then the credits revert to English.
    • Connections
      Featured in Les Soprano: Walk Like a Man (2007)

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Vórtice de fuego
    • Filming locations
      • Casper, Wyoming, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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