The Wages of Fear

(1953)

★ 8 IMDb · 1,126 votes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Adventure

Year: 1953

Runtime: 156 мин

Country: France, Italy

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Cast: Ив Монтан, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Фолько Лулли, Véra Clouzot, Antonio Centa, Jo Dest, Darío Moreno, William Tubbs, Darling Légitimus

Plot

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.

In the Central American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.