Summaries

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.

The telling of Chance Buckman an oil rig fire fighter who becomes hospitalized and has to come to grips with how his job interfered with his marriage, after being laid up in a hospital bed after an accident with a news man running in front of a bulldozer causing it to swirve into Chance, and forcing him to allow veteran oil fire fighter Greg, a cocky but knowledgeable Greg becoming his son in law and he has to learn tolerance for not being able to control his daughter wanting to visit oil fires and learn how to rekindle the spark that went out with his ex of more than 25 years and the fear of losing her daughter as well as her husband to the oil fighting.—Jared Johnson

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.—Jim Beaver <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • tough guy
  • action hero
  • fire
  • firefighter
  • oil
Genres
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War
Release date Nov 26, 1968
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) G
Countries of origin United States
Language English Spanish
Filming locations Casper, Wyoming, USA
Production companies Universal Pictures

Box office

Budget $6000000

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 1m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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