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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 84%, Metacritic 68/100. Scores higher than 90% of the 376 1970s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic68/100
691 audience votes
Key crew
- William FriedkinDirector
- Walon GreenScreenplay
- William FriedkinScreenplay
- Edgar FroeseOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher FrankeOriginal Music Composer
- Peter BaumannOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Roy ScheiderScanlon / 'Dominguez'
- Bruno CremerVictor Manzon / 'Serrano'
- Francisco RabalNilo
- AmidouKassem / 'Martinez'
- Ramon BieriCorlette
- Peter CapellLartigue
- Karl John'Marquez'
- Friedrich von Ledebur'Carlos'
- Chico MartínezBobby del Rios
- Joe SpinellSpider
- Rosario AlmontesAgrippa
- Richard HolleyBilly White
Stills
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Themes
life and deathnew jerseyparis, francebased on novel or bookcentral and south americaexplosivedynamitecar journeyjerusalemcynicismnicaraguasin
The Best Movies of 1977
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