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name=Le Salaire de la Peur |
name=Le Salaire de la Peur |
image=Wagesoffear.jpg|
image=Wages Of Fear.jpg|
director=[[Henri-Georges Clouzot]] |
director=[[Henri-Georges Clouzot]] |
producer=Raymond Borderie|
producer=Raymond Borderie|
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'''''The Wages of Fear''''' (French: ''Le Salaire de la peur'') is a [[1953]] [[film]] directed by [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]] starring [[Yves Montand]].
'''''The Wages of Fear''''' (French: ''Le Salaire de la peur'') is a [[1953 in film|1953]] [[film]] directed by [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]] starring [[Yves Montand]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
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The wells of an American oil company in the South American jungle have caught on fire, and need to be put out with a blast of [[nitroglycerine]] The firm hires four desperate men to drive two trucks along a rickety road through the jungle to transport a load of the highly highly volitile explosive to the fire.
The story is about a group of desperate fugitives in an unnamed South American country who are hired to transport a load of [[nitroglycerine]] at considerable hazard to themselves.


==Cast includes==
==Cast includes==
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*[http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=36&eid=442&section=essay Dennis Lehane essay at criterionco.com]
*[http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=36&eid=442&section=essay Dennis Lehane essay at criterionco.com]

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Revision as of 21:03, 22 April 2006

Le Salaire de la Peur
File:Wages Of Fear.jpg
Directed byHenri-Georges Clouzot
Written byGeorges Arnaud
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Produced byRaymond Borderie
StarringYves Montand
Charles Vanel
Peter van Eyck
Antonio Centa
Music byGeorges Auric
Release date
1953
Running time
131 min
LanguageFrench

The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) is a 1953 film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot starring Yves Montand.

Plot

Template:Spoiler The wells of an American oil company in the South American jungle have caught on fire, and need to be put out with a blast of nitroglycerine The firm hires four desperate men to drive two trucks along a rickety road through the jungle to transport a load of the highly highly volitile explosive to the fire.

Cast includes

The film was remade in 1977 by William Friedkin as Sorcerer.