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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.