Those of us who remember John Wayne playing Paul'Red' Adair in the 1968 movie Hellfighters, knew that daredevils had been capping wells for decades.

那些还记得约翰?韦恩（John Wayne）在1968年的电影《地狱战士》（Hellfighters）中扮演的油井消防员保罗?阿代尔（Paul “Red” Adair）一角的人都知道，“超胆侠”们给油井加盖的做法已经有好几十年了。

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In nineteen sixty-eight, Hollywood made an action film called "Hellfighters."

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Here is John Wayne in the film "Hellfighters.

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During World War I, he led an infantry band called The Hellfighters that introduced French and British soldiers to the new American sound.

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We received two nominations for "Hellfighters, " the lackluster 1968 John Wayne vehicle based on the life of oil well fire wrangler Red Adair.

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Lacking the money to pay him, Anschutz came up with a creative solution: He charged Universal Studios to shoot the firefighters for Hellfighters, a film starring John Wayne that the studio was making.

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