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The Wages of Fear (1953)

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Henri-Georges Clouzot Director

previously directed Wages of Fear: Bonus Material

In a decrepit South American village four desperate men are hired to transport two trucks of unstable nitroglycerin across a treacherous mountain road.

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Two American remakes of this movie were made. Violent Road (1958) and Sorcerer (1977).

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Quote: Bimba

You get to be a hundred in a month...in the right place at the right time.

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Writers
	Henri-Georges Clouzot	Adaptation
	Georges Arnaud	Novel
	Jérôme Géronimi	Adaptation

Cast
	Yves Montand	Mario
	Charles Vanel	M. Jo
	Folco Lulli	Luigi
	Peter van Eyck	Bimba
	Vera Clouzot	Linda
	William Tubbs	Bill O'Brien
	Darío Moreno	Hernandez
	Jo Dest	Smerloff
	Antonio Centa	Antonio Centa
	Luis De Lima	Bernardo

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Name	The Wages of Fear
US Release	April 22, 1953
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Runtime	147
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