The Wages of Fear

About The Wages of Fear

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.

The Wages of Fear (1953) is a thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It runs 154 minutes and was released in April 1953.

Yves Montand takes the lead as Mario Livi, Charles Vanel as Mr. Jo, Peter van Eyck as Bimba, and Folco Lulli as Luigi. Written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérôme Géronimi. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under male friendship, explosion, fire, and road movie. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Sorcerer, There Will Be Blood, and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer make useful companions to The Wages of Fear, all filed under central america, central and south america, and dynamite. It scores 8.0 out of 10 from 1,150 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.