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| Hellfighters | |
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| Directed by | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Screenplay by | Clair Huffaker |
| Produced by | Robert Arthur |
| Starring | John Wayne Katharine Ross Jim Hutton Vera Miles |
| Cinematography | William H. Clothier |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.75 million (US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
Hellfighters is a 1968 American adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton and Vera Miles. The movie depicts a group of oil well firefighters and is based loosely on the life of Red Adair. Adair, "Boots" Hansen, and "Coots" Matthews served as technical advisers on the film.[2]
Hellfighters was for the most part negatively received, with criticism aimed at the overlong plot and dull characterization.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, January 7, 1970 p 15
- ^ Martin, Douglas (7 April 2010). "Coots Matthews, Cantankerous Hellfighter, Dies at 86". New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2017.