The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur) ()
Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
Release Date: January 1, 1953
Runtime: 2 hr. 31 mins.
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
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 to a faraway oil fire. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride.
Synopsis
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 to a faraway oil fire. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride.