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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.
Theatrical
Nov 27, 1968
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 5, 1999
Theaters
1
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Producer
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Studio
Universal Pictures
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Quotes
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Greg
What are you doing here?
[''after being awakened by a kiss from Tish'']
Chance
What's Tish doing here?
[''being awakened by Greg's question'']
Madelyn
That was my idea.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Humorous Misunderstanding About Madame Loo
Chance
Exactly WHAT did you tell her about Madame Loo?
Greg
Only that she's 80 years old, weighs 300 pounds and is one of your oldest friends.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
John Wayne
Chance Buckman
K
Katharine Ross
Tish Buckman
J
Jim Hutton
Greg Parker
V
Vera Miles
Madelyn Buckman
J
Jay C. Flippen
Jack Lomax
B
Bruce Cabot
Joe Horn
E
Edward Faulkner
George Harris
E
Edmund Hashim
Colonel Valdez
B
Barbara Stuart
Irene Foster
V
Valentin de Vargas
Amal Bokru
F
Frances Fong
Madame Loo
A
Alberto Morin
General Lopez
A
Alan Caillou
Harry York
L
Laraine Stephens
Helen Meadows
J
John Alderson
Jim Hatch
L
Lal Chand Mehra
Dr. Songla
R
Rudy Diaz
Zamora
B
Bebe Louie
Gumdrop
W
William Hardy
R
Richard 'Cactus' Pryor
Chance's Doctor
