The Wages of Fear
‘Dynamic’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Shattering’
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.
- Year: 1953
- Country: France, Italy
- Genre: Drama, Thriller, Adventure
- Studio: Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Véra Films, Fono Roma, Filmsonor
- Keyword: petrol, fire, life and death, based on novel or book, unsociability, central and south america, venezuela, tanker, dynamite, nitroglycerin, truck, oil, central america, on the road, south america, driver
- Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Véra Clouzot, Antonio Centa