The Wages of Fear
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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. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New video interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Henri-Georges Clouzot biographer Marc Godin
- Interview with Yves Montand from 1988
- Henri Georges Clouzot: An Enlightened Tyrant, a 2004 documentary on the director's career
- Censored, an analysis of cuts to the film made for the 1955 U.S. release
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by novelist Dennis Lehane
New cover by Eric Skillman
Collector's Sets
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New video interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Henri-Georges Clouzot biographer Marc Godin
- Interview with Yves Montand from 1988
- Henri Georges Clouzot: An Enlightened Tyrant, a 2004 documentary on the director's career
- Censored, an analysis of cuts to the film made for the 1955 U.S. release
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by novelist Dennis Lehane
New cover by Eric Skillman
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Cast
- Yves Montand
- Mario
- Charles Vanel
- Jo
- Peter Van Eyck
- Bimba
- William Tubbs
- Bill O'Brien
- Véra Clouzot
- Linda
- Folco Lulli
- Luigi
Credits
- Director
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Screenplay
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Based on the novel by
- Georges Arnaud
- Screenplay
- Jérôme Géronimi
- Producer
- Louis Wipf
- Cinematography
- Armand Thirard
- Editing
- Henri Rust
- Editing
- Madeleine Gug
- Executive producer
- Raymond Borderie
- Executive producer
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Music
- Georges Auric
- Sound
- William Robert Sivel
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