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The Wages of Fear

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1953
2h 28m
PG-13
French
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
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8.1
Critic Score: 
93
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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.
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The Wages of Fear

PG-13
Movie
1953
2h 28m
French
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
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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.
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CRITIC SCORE
93

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Cast

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Yves Montand
Mario Livi
Charles Vanel
Peter van Eyck
Folco Lulli
Vra Clouzot
Antonio Centa
Camp Chief
Jo Dest
Hans Smerloff
Daro Moreno
Pepito Hernandez
William Tubbs
Bill O'Brien
Darling Lgitimus
Luis De Lima
Bernardo
Grgoire Gromoff
Joseph PalauFabre
Franois Valorbe
(uncredited)
Pat Hurst
(uncredited)
Directed By: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Written By: Henri-Georges Clouzot (Screenplay), Jérôme Géronimi (Screenplay), + 1 more

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JoeyvanAwesome says...
2 months ago
The beginning is quite boring, but I enjoyed it more as soon as they started driving. Not everything holds up, but most of it is fine. Biggest problem for me was, that they didn’t let Mario and Luigi drive together. :wink:
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soonertbone says...
a month ago
Astonishing creation of tension-building--the last 90 minutes are some of the most memorable you'll ever see. I remember the first hour being slow when I watched this in college, but upon rewatch it feels like the crux of the movie. The film wants us to understand the brutality and desperation that capitalism creates in order to better understand the journey the characters go on in the second half. It's like Sierra Madre on steroids, and it's incredibly effective.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
2 years ago
The original title of the film is Le Salaire de la Peur.
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Patuleia says...
10 years ago
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The movie is good and I would give an 8, but for me that ending completely destroys the film. The outcome could and should be the same, but done differently.
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Featured User Reviews

CinemaSerf
a month ago
Four 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 g More
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JN2012
3 months ago
It’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.
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