Wages of Fear

aka: Salaire de la Peur, Le
France 1953, 147 minutes, B/W
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
In French, English with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Suspense/Crime, Classics / Adventure

Feat. Yves Montand, Charles Vanel

Aroview: A young Yves Montand leads a group of impoverished men over rocky Latin American terrain with a dangerous load of nitro-glycerine. Considered the last word in suspense, even Hitchcock would be hard pressed to improve the direction.

Cannes - Palm D’Or
Adopt-a-Movie Kindly Adopted by Mike Gribben

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4 stars (Very Good) This should maybe be five stars. A brilliant, if slow burning tale of desperation set in a no name town in South Americas oil fields. Some great archtypes in here. ~bikewrench