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Hellfighters

1968 · 121 min

A sturdy, old-fashioned adventure that mixes roaring oil-well infernos with easygoing family drama and gentle romance.

Genres
Action, Adventure, Romance
Tagline
The Toughest Hellfighter Of All!
Overview
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.
How it feels
Earnest, warm, tense and romantic. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, love, work, survival
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action, adventure, romance
Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen
Written by
Clair Huffaker
Starring
John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Jay C. Flippen, Bruce Cabot, Edward Faulkner, Edmund Hashim
Music
Leonard Rosenman
Cinematography
Robert Berry, William H. Clothier
Runtime
121 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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