The Trucking Gig is Fraught with Rigs, in Varying States of "Road-Ready" Repair. Tweaked-Out..."No Sleep 'Til...?", Drivers, Sneaky and Corrupt Bosses, and a Torrent of Road-Dames and Wives at Home (usually with a Kid(s).
That's the Formula on Both Sides of the Pond and here We Have 1-More. Feeding on the Collective Convoy of Films, that Could be Said, to Have its Own Sub-Genre of Melodramatic Noirs.
Well, the "Big Wheels Keep On Truckin'" in this British Version, with Imported Victor Mature as an Ex-GI, Every Male Lead, from 1945-60 that was Worth a Damn had at Least 1 War Story Added to the Script.
Here Mature, is a Natural as a Rough-Looking, Worn-Out "Tough" Trying to Eek-Out a Paycheck +Bonus Incentives, in a Blue-Collar Work-World that was Unkind in Many Ways.
This Story is Heavy on Family.
With Ambiguous Behavior from a Wife, who has a Secret, and the Straying Victor Mature, who Stays with and Plays with the Impeccably Clothed and Made-Up Diana Dors, for the Triangular Trio of Angst. But Mature's Wife may have Scored 1st in that Game of Affairs.
There's Plenty of Fisticuffs and Road Action to Add to the Gritty Flavor, with the 3rd Act Borrowing Yet Again from a Story of Treacherous Terrain Topping-Off the Final Road Trip.
But There's More to Come...
Wrapping Up the Domestic Set-Up with Added Angst More Tragic than Most, Even Noirs, as the Ending to this Tuff-Stuff of a Movie that had a Grim, Damn Near Fatalist Tone Throughout.
Yes Film-Noir was Here to Stay, even in Britain, where the Genre would be Impaired Upon with Varying Degrees of "Success".
Until it Finally Died a Whimpering Death by 1960-or so, and was Reincarnated as "Neo-Noir".
Above-Average.
That's the Formula on Both Sides of the Pond and here We Have 1-More. Feeding on the Collective Convoy of Films, that Could be Said, to Have its Own Sub-Genre of Melodramatic Noirs.
Well, the "Big Wheels Keep On Truckin'" in this British Version, with Imported Victor Mature as an Ex-GI, Every Male Lead, from 1945-60 that was Worth a Damn had at Least 1 War Story Added to the Script.
Here Mature, is a Natural as a Rough-Looking, Worn-Out "Tough" Trying to Eek-Out a Paycheck +Bonus Incentives, in a Blue-Collar Work-World that was Unkind in Many Ways.
This Story is Heavy on Family.
With Ambiguous Behavior from a Wife, who has a Secret, and the Straying Victor Mature, who Stays with and Plays with the Impeccably Clothed and Made-Up Diana Dors, for the Triangular Trio of Angst. But Mature's Wife may have Scored 1st in that Game of Affairs.
There's Plenty of Fisticuffs and Road Action to Add to the Gritty Flavor, with the 3rd Act Borrowing Yet Again from a Story of Treacherous Terrain Topping-Off the Final Road Trip.
But There's More to Come...
Wrapping Up the Domestic Set-Up with Added Angst More Tragic than Most, Even Noirs, as the Ending to this Tuff-Stuff of a Movie that had a Grim, Damn Near Fatalist Tone Throughout.
Yes Film-Noir was Here to Stay, even in Britain, where the Genre would be Impaired Upon with Varying Degrees of "Success".
Until it Finally Died a Whimpering Death by 1960-or so, and was Reincarnated as "Neo-Noir".
Above-Average.