Product: Hellfighters [VHS] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
My husband's all time favorite movie!
One of John Wayne's greatest movies, and one of his few non-Westerns, although it does take place in Texas. John Wayne portrays Chance Buckman, the owner of an oil well fire-fighting company. His job takes him and his fellow workers around the globe, but the dangers of the job caused his marriage to fail. Following an injury, his associate (played by the late Jim Hutton, father of actor Tim Hutton) brings his estranged daughter (Katherine Ross) to the hospital, but when his daughter marries this associate, Chance must acknowledge her fears, deal with his ex-wife, and face the fact that his protectiveness of his new son-in-law has changed their relationship. Based on a true story, the real life "Red" Buckman and his oil well fire fighting company were responsible for putting out many of the oil well fires in Kuwait following Desert Storm.