The Wages of Fear
Le Salaire de la peur
‘Dynamic’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Shattering’
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.
- Production
- Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Véra Films, Fono Roma, Filmsonor
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Producers
- Henri-Georges Clouzot,Raymond Borderie
- Cinematography
- Armand Thirard
- Composer
- Georges Auric
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James
November 9, 2023
It’s always my honour to write the first review for a film, especially ones like this. It, however, upsets me that not many have seen this magnificent and harrowing masterpiece.
CinemaSerf
February 9, 2024
Four men are stranded in, quite literally, a dead end town with no money to get out. All they do each day is kill time, drink and get gradually more disillusioned. Then their luck changes. Or does it? A major fire breaks out at a nearby oil drilling facility and the manager needs a brave/foolhardy gang to drive two truckloads of ultra-sensitive nitro-glycerin along some poorly maintained roads and across some treacherous terrain to the site so they can extinguish the fires. It's a pretty interna…