The Wages of Fear
Le Salaire de la peur
“ ‘Dynamic’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Shattering’ ”
CINEMA1953-04-22
DIGITAL2015-11-24
RegionFR / IT
Runtime131 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Henri-Georges Clouzot
KEYWORDS
petrolfirelife and deathbased on novel or bookunsociabilitycentral and south americacapitalismvenezuelatankerdynamitemale friendshipnitroglycerintruckoilfearexplosioncentral americaon the roadsouth americalabordriverroad moviewagedangerous drivingfear of deathroadjoblabourdesperationsuspenseful
