Watch NowThe Wages of Fear (1953)
12A
09/02/1954 (GB)
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
2h 33m
- 80% (1004 votes)
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Overview
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
- Henri-Georges ClouzotDirector, Screenplay
- Jérôme GéronimiScreenplay
Original Title
Le Salaire de la peur
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Keywords
- petrol
- fire
- life and death
- based on novel or book
- unsociability
- central and south america
- capitalism
- venezuela
- tanker
- dynamite
- male friendship
- nitroglycerin
- truck
- oil
- fear
- explosion
- central america
- on the road
- south america
- labor
- driver
- road movie
- wage
- dangerous driving
- fear of death
- life or death
- road
- job
- labour
- desperation
Top Billed Cast
Yves Montand
Mario Livi
Charles Vanel
Mr. Jo
Peter van Eyck
Bimba
Folco Lulli
Luigi
Véra Clouzot
Linda
Antonio Centa
Camp Chief
Jo Dest
Hans Smerloff
Darío Moreno
Pepito Hernandez
William Tubbs
Bill O'Brien
Darling Légitimus
Rosa
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