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1953 · Movie · 2h 34m · PG-13

The Wages of Fear

CriticsCritics: 93
AudienceAudience: 8.2

In a struggling South American town, four desperate men accept a dangerous job transporting trucks loaded with nitroglycerin through rough terrain to an oil field fire. As the journey grows more perilous, fear, rivalry, and shifting loyalties test their ability to work together.

My take

You’ll like this if you enjoy patient, psychologically intense thrillers such as Diabolique, but Not for you if you need fast action, consistently likable characters, or modern pacing.

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Cast

Charles VanelYves MontandPeter van EyckFolco LulliVéra ClouzotAntonio CentaJo DestDarío Moreno

Director

Henri-Georges Clouzot

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