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The Wages of Fear
Release Date: April 22, 1953
Year | : | 1953 |
Slogan | : | «Dynamic Tremendous Shattering.» |
Genres | : | Drama, Thriller, Adventure |
Production Companies | : | Véra Films, Fono Roma, Filmsonor, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC) |
Director | : | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Producers | : | Henri-Georges Clouzot, Raymond Borderie, Louis Wipf, Henri Jaquillard, Lucien Lippens |
Writers | : | Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi, Georges Arnaud |
RunTime | : | 153 mins. |
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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