The read
Scores higher than 93% of the 679 1950s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 34m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic85/100
1,134 audience votes
Key crew
- Henri-Georges ClouzotDirector
- Henri-Georges ClouzotScreenplay
- Jérôme GéronimiScreenplay
- Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yves MontandMario Livi
- Charles VanelMr. Jo
- Peter van EyckBimba
- Folco LulliLuigi
- Véra ClouzotLinda
- Antonio CentaCamp Chief
- Jo DestHans Smerloff
- Darío MorenoPepito Hernandez
- William TubbsBill O'Brien
- Darling LégitimusRosa
- Luis De LimaBernardo
- Grégoire GromoffCast
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Themes
petrolfirelife and deathbased on novel or bookunsociabilitycentral and south americacapitalismvenezuelatankerdynamitemale friendshipnitroglycerin
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