Hellfighters
Hellfighters
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.
Mister Arn reviewedJune 12, 2025
“Hellfighters” is a rare non-Western for John Wayne, though they still slip him into a cowboy hat now and then. It’s a melodrama where oil fires bring the action, but the pacing drags, especially through the forced romance and family drama that never quite land. Wayne feels miscast in the love story, a bit too old for the part they gave him. If you're working your way through his catalog, it's worth a look, but otherwise, it's easily forgotten.