Andrew V McLaglen's firefighting action adventure stars John Wayne and is based on the work of famed real-life extinguisher of oil well fires, Red Adair. Chance Buckman and his young partner Greg Parker have established themselves as the people to call whenever a major fire is burning out of control, and their perilous calling takes them around the globe to quell one dangerous conflagration after another. Complicating their lives are Buckman's relationship with his former wife Madelyn and Parker's spouse Tish, who is also Buckman's daughter.