The Wages of Fear

‘Dynamic’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Shattering’

Plot Summary

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.

8.0 /10

1953

FR

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