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Le salaire de la peur (1953)
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Release Date:
16 February 1955 (USA)
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The complete restored version of the 1953 French classic [reissue] more
Plot:
In a decrepit South American village, men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award.
Another 5 wins
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Yves Montand | ... | Mario | |
| Charles Vanel | ... | M. Jo | |
| Folco Lulli | ... | Luigi | |
| Peter van Eyck | ... | Bimba (as Peter Van Eyck) | |
| Véra Clouzot | ... | Linda (as Vera Clouzot) | |
| William Tubbs | ... | Bill O'Brien | |
| Darío Moreno | ... | Hernandez (as Dario Moreno) | |
| Jo Dest | ... | Smerloff | |
| Antonio Centa | ... | Camp Chief (as Centa) | |
| Luis De Lima | ... | Bernardo | |
| Grégoire Gromoff | |||
| Joseph Palau-Fabre | |||
| Faustini | |||
| Seguna | |||
| Darling Légitimus | (as Miss Darling) |
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Also Known As:
The Wages of Fear (UK) (USA)
Il salario della paura (Italy) (alternative title)
Vite vendute (Italy)
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Il salario della paura (Italy) (alternative title)
Vite vendute (Italy)
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131 min | France:156 min | 148 min (director's cut)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric)
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Australia:M |
Canada:14+ (Ontario) |
Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) |
South Korea:12 (2004) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:16 |
UK:PG |
Norway:16
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Jean Gabin refused the role that eventually went to Charles Vanel because he didn't think his fans would pay to see him play a "coward".
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Continuity: When Bimba is shaving in the cab of the truck, he has the right side of his face covered in shaving cream, but he when he turns to talk to Luigi the right side of his face is clear of shaving cream.
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Referenced in The Wild Bunch (1969)
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What caused the nitro to explode?A Note Regarding Spoilers
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Georges Arnaud's novel LE SALAIRE DE LA PEUR has been filmed twice, by Henri-Georges Clouzot as THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953) and by William Friedkin as SORCERER (1977). While both films are worth seeing, the earlier version is the one regarded as a classic, and rightly so. Although SORCERER goes into more detail about the political climate and the various misdeeds that led the four desperate protagonists to the South American hellhole where they accept high-paying but life-risking jobs driving nitroglycerin through treacherous terrain, WAGES... distinguishes the men's personalities better, giving the audience more rooting interest in them. Both films have excellent casts, with charismatic leads in Yves Montand (WAGES...) and Roy Scheider (SORCERER), plus WAGES... also provides feminine charm in the form of beguiling Vera Clouzot as the café waitress who loves Montand. Both films have tense action sequences as well, but somehow for all the staging and skillful editing, SORCERER's action scenes seem strangely slow, slogging along in the mud just like the protagonists in their less-than-state-of-the-art trucks. Both versions have enough good things in them to be worth a look, but if you only have the time and resources to check out one of them, it's WAGES... that really pays off!