The Wages of Fear
Recommended byJacques Audiard, Bong Joon-Ho, Patricia Mazuy, Dominik Moll, Francis Veber
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Reclus à Las Piedras, une petite ville perdue quelque part en Amérique Latine, quelques ressortissants européens ayant fui leur pays respectif espèrent chacun de leur côté voir passer l’occasion qui leur permettra de se payer un billet retour. Une opulente compagnie pétrolière américaine, la SOC, victime d’un accident, réclame justement l’aide de quatre personnes assez désespérées pour accepter une mission consistant à transporter de la nitroglycérine à travers la jungle. Mario et Jo, deux français, Luigi, un italien et Bimba, un allemand, sont sélectionnés pour ce périlleux périple. Outre les conditions pénibles de l’enfer vert, les quatre hommes se retrouvent obligés de cohabiter et de déjouer les intrigues qui se nouent entre eux.
Notes : Le Salaire de la peur est l’adaptation du roman éponyme de Georges Arnaud publié en 1950. Le film a fait l’objet de deux remakes américains : Violent Road, réalisé par Howard W. Koch, et Le Convoi de la peur en 1977, réalisé par William Friedkin.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Filmsonor, Vera Film, Fono Roma, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)
- Distributor : TF1 - Droits Audiovisuels
- Scenario : René Wheeler
- Original Music : Georges Auric
- Photo Director : Armand Thirard
- Editing : Madeleine Gug, Henri Rust
- Sound Recorder : William Robert Sivel
- Director : Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Producer : Henri-Georges Clouzot, Raymond Borderie
- Dialogs : Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Original Work Author : Georges Arnaud
- Set Decoration : René Renoux
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1951
- French release date : 22 avril 1953
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French
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