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Wages of fear

The manager of a Central American oil field offers big money to drivers who will take 2 loads of nitroglycerine over a tortuous mountain road to put out an oil well fire.

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  • "恐怖的報酬"
  • "Le salaire de la peur"
  • "Kong bu de bao chou"
  • "Henri-Georges Clouzot's Wages of fear"@en
  • "Henri-Georges Clouzot's Wages of fear"
  • "Salaire de la peur"
  • "salaire de la peur"

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  • "In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves."
  • "In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France's legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot."
  • ""An American oil company enlists four tough drifters for a high-paying suicide mission, transporting explosives across the rough terrain of Central America"--DVD sleeve."
  • "Yves Montand stars as one of four greedy drifters stranded in a squalid South American town where a U.S.oil company calls the shots. For $2000 each, they'll risk their lives driving two truckloads of nitroglycerine 300 miles over treacherous roads."
  • "The manager of a Central American oilfield offers big money to drivers who will take 2 loads of nitroglycerine over a tortuous mountain road to put out an oil well fire."
  • ""In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerene are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivallry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death." IMDB."
  • "The manager of a Central American oilfield offers big money to drivers who will take trucks loaded with nitroglycerine into the jungle to put out an oil fire. Four men accept knowing their chances of survival are slim."
  • "When an oil well catches fire, two truckloads of nitroglycerine are needed to blow it out. This film is an examination of the four men engaged in the extremely perilous job of transporting this fragile cargo over rugged South American mountains and jungle roads. (Does not circulate)."
  • "A tense drama of courage, cowardice and failure set in South America. Four desperate men attempt to transport two truck-loads of nitroglycerine 300 miles to the site of an oil well fire."
  • "Part road movie, part suspense thriller, the plot of H.G. Clouzot's magnificent The Wages of Fear is simplicity itself. In the South American jungle, supplies of nitro-glycerine are urgently needed at a remote oil field. The unscrupulous American oil company pays four out-of-work men (Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli and Peter Van Eyck) to deliver the supplies in two hulking trucks. A tense rivalry quickly develops between the two sets of drivers; a tension magnified thousand fold by the unforgiving heat, the lure of filthy lucre and the rough and rocky roads where the slightest jolt can result in agonising death. Which of the disparate, desperate desperadoes will survive the white-knuckle journey and claim the loot and the glory? Fuelled by Armand Thirard's stunning photography and appropriately taut editing by Madeleine Gug and Henri Rust, The Wages of Fear offers on one level pure cinematic adventure, whilst also succeeding as an eye opening peek at a crazed world driven b."
  • "The manager of a Central American oil field offers big money to drivers who will take 2 loads of nitroglycerine over a tortuous mountain road to put out an oil well fire."@en
  • ""In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves"--Website."
  • "A tense drama of courage, cowardice and failure set in South America as four desperate men attempt to transport two truck-loads of nitroglycerine three hundred miles to the site of an oil well fire."
  • "In a decrepit South American village, men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe."
  • "In the impoverished town of Las Piedras, desperate men and women scrape out a living under the watchful eye of the ruling Southern Oil Company. When a well explodes, four workers must go on a suicide mission that is their only way out."
  • "This film follows four desperate men who sign up for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France?s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot."@en
  • "A study of courage and cowardice in the face of almost insurmountable odds. After establishing the characters of the protagonists in a long prologue, director Henri-Georges Clouzot follows them as they transport a cargo of nitroglycerin over a primitive mountain road to a conclusion of high suspense and final irony."
  • ""In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves"--Container."
  • "This is an epic about courage, cowardice and failure. Four men test themselves for money on a dangerous, death-defying drive. They try to exhibit bravery and grace under pressure. They all succeed but one, who loses his nerve."
  • "A study of courage and cowardice in the face of almost insurmountable odds. A team of men volunteer to transport volatile nitroglycerine over 200 miles of rugged, twisting terrain through a South American jungle to help bring an oil fire under control."@en

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  • "French films"
  • "Action and adventure films"@en
  • "Action and adventure films"
  • "Suspense films"
  • "Italian films"
  • "Adaptation"@en
  • "Features"
  • "Action"@en
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Drama"
  • "Documentary films"
  • "Speelfilm"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Adventure films"
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Films for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Foreign films"

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  • "Wages of fear"
  • "Wages of fear"@en
  • "The wages of fear [Le salaire de la peur]"
  • "Salaire de la peur (Motion picture)"
  • "Wages Of Fear Le salaire de la peur"
  • "Wages of Fear Le Salaire de la Peur"
  • "The wages of fear"@en
  • "The wages of fear"
  • "Wages of fear Le salaire de la peur"
  • "The wages of fear = La salaire de la peur"
  • "Le salaire de la peu (Motion picture)"
  • "The wages of fear = Le salaire de la peur"
  • "The Wages of fear"
  • "The Wages of fear Le Salaire de la peur"
  • "Wages of fear Salaire de la peur"
  • "Wages of fear [Le salaire de la peur]"
  • "Wages Of Fear"
  • "The wages of fear Le salaire de la peur"
  • "The Wages of fear = Le Salaire de la peur"
  • "Wages of fear Lost Highway = Le salaire de la peur"
  • "Le salaire de la peur"
  • "Le salaire de la peur"@en
  • "Salaire de la peur"

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