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The Wages of Fear (1953)

Le Salaire de la peur

153 mins

type:

genre(s):

ADVENTURE

DRAMA

THRILLER

In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine 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 on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.

name	character
Antonio Centa	Camp Chief
Véra Clouzot	Linda
Jo Dest	Hans Smerloff
Peter van Eyck	Bimba
Grégoire Gromoff
Pat Hurst	(uncredited)
Darling Légitimus	Rosa
Luis De Lima	Bernardo
Folco Lulli	Luigi
Yves Montand	Mario Livi
Darío Moreno	Pepito Hernandez
Joseph Palau-Fabre
William Tubbs	Bill O'Brien
François Valorbe	(uncredited)
Charles Vanel	Mr. Jo

name
Georges Arnaud	writer (original)
Georges Auric	composer
Raymond Borderie	producer
Henri-Georges Clouzot	director, screenplay, producer
Jérôme Géronimi	screenplay

award	category	name	year
BAFTA	Best Film		1954

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