Brushfire!

1962

DirectorJack Warner, Jr.
ProducerJack Warner, Jr.
Production CompanyObelisk Productions, Paramount Pictures
Release DateFebruary 21st, 1962
CastJohn Ireland (Jeff), Everett Sloane (Chevern), Carl Esmond (Martin), Howard Caine (Vlad), Al Avalon (Tony), Jo Morrow (Easter), Maria McClay (Lin Chan)

Brushfire! is a low budget black-and-white jungle warfare adventure exploitation film produced, directed and co-written by Jack Warner, Jr the only son of Jack L. Warner of Warner Bros.. Warner planned on making two more films under his Obelisk Productions company but they were never produced. It was filmed at the time of the beginning of American involvement in Viet Nam and Laos brushfire conflicts.

Maria McClay as Lin Chan with her husband Chevern (Everett Sloane).

John Ireland as Jeff and Everett Sloane as Chevern play two American World War II veterans who have settled as farmers in a Southeast Asian nation. When a group of guerillas under the leadership of Martin (Carl Esmond) and Vlad (Howard Caine) abduct a young American couple, Tony (Al Avalon) and Easter (Jo Morrow) Banford the two vets use their expertise in jungle warfare and their familiarity with the land to destroy the guerillas and rescue the couple.

Maria plays Lin Chan, Chevern’s wife. When he explains to her that he wants to help Jeff rescue the American couple she tells him that she may not wait for him and leave with their children.

Scenes Featuring Maria

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Maria McClay