5.4
O Pioneers!
1992
“‘Dynamic’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Shattering’”
The Wages of Fear (1953)
April 22, 19532h 33mFR
8.0
1.1K votes
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.
Director
Henri-Georges ClouzotTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale CinématographiqueVéra FilmsFono RomaFilmsonor
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User Reviews
James
8.0It’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
7.0Four 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 international convoy that sets off with their two travelling time bombs safe in the knowledge that the slig…
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