Rotten Tomatoes® Score
100%
95%
In Theaters: January 1, 1953 (limited)
December 9, 2011 (limited)
2h 36m | Drama
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route to a faraway oil fire. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride.
Director: | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Producer(s): | Louis Wipf, Raymond Borderie |
Cast: | Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck, Yves Montand, Vera Clouzot, Folco Lulli, William Tubbs, Dario Moreno, Jo Dest, Antonio Centa, Luis de Lima |
Writer(s): | Hamid Hlioua, Julien Leclercq |