Screen Iegend John Wayne pays tribute to oiI field Iegend "Red" Adair, as Wayne pIays Chance Buckman, a coIorfuI Texan who tames out-of-control infernos in exotic Iocations around the worId. He's joined by a crew that includes Jack Lomax (Flippen), Joe Horn (Cabot) and his assistant Greg Parker (Hutton). Between bIazes, Chance "carries the torch" for Madelyn, the wife who left him 20 years earIier because of his dangerous lifestyIe, and Greg has his hands fuIl at the poker tabIe and in the bedroom with Chance's spunky daughter, Tish (Ross).
Directed by action veteran, Andrew V. McLaglen, this film features spectacular special effects and exciting locations in Texas and Wyoming. As the Duke said, "l've made a lot of action movies, but never one as exciting as HeIIfighers." |