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Un camionneur débutant tente d'exposer les raquettes de son patron.Un camionneur débutant tente d'exposer les raquettes de son patron.Un camionneur débutant tente d'exposer les raquettes de son patron.
- Nominé pour le prix 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination au total
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesAlthough Stanley Baker had played major supporting roles in movies to great acclaim for several years, this was the first time he played the leading role in a movie.
- GaffesDuring the fight between Tom and Red, Red's cigarette drops from his mouth to the floor, but it is back in his mouth in the next shot.
- Citations
Lucy, Hawlett Trucking Secretary: You think I'm flinging myself at you, don't you?
Tom Yately: You're doing a fair imitation.
- ConnexionsEdited into Interpol Calling (1959)
Commentaire en vedette
Brilliant, underrated piece of British 50s social realism
This underrated film, directed by Cy Endfield (Zulu) is a dour, realistic drama about an ex-con (Stanley Baker) who goes to work as a lorry driver for a crooked haulage company, only to discover that the ruthless boss and his foreman are cheating the drivers of huge amounts of money, and forcing them to work in dangerous conditions, resulting in the death of several drivers.
It benefits from a taut, BAFTA nominated screenplay by Endfield and John Kruse (better known as a documentary film maker), which pulls no punches in its realistic depiction of the genuinely life-threatening conditions that these lorry drivers had to endure.
Its chief asset, however, is the remarkably strong cast. Stanley Baker, as the ex-con determined to expose his corrupt bosses, brings a quiet strength and sincerity to his role as a basically decent guy who makes the wrong choices. It is interesting to compare Baker's performance here with his acclaimed portrayal of the ruthless, hardened gangster in Joseph Losey's 'The Criminal', made three years later.
Patrick McGoohan shines in an early role as the psychopathic lead driver, exuding genuine menace. And as for the priceless supporting cast: Herbert Lom, Sid James, Gordon Jackson, and Sean Connery in one of his earliest roles..need I say more. To sum up, Hell Drivers is a minor classic of post-war British cinema, and deserves more recognition than it has formerly feceived.
It benefits from a taut, BAFTA nominated screenplay by Endfield and John Kruse (better known as a documentary film maker), which pulls no punches in its realistic depiction of the genuinely life-threatening conditions that these lorry drivers had to endure.
Its chief asset, however, is the remarkably strong cast. Stanley Baker, as the ex-con determined to expose his corrupt bosses, brings a quiet strength and sincerity to his role as a basically decent guy who makes the wrong choices. It is interesting to compare Baker's performance here with his acclaimed portrayal of the ruthless, hardened gangster in Joseph Losey's 'The Criminal', made three years later.
Patrick McGoohan shines in an early role as the psychopathic lead driver, exuding genuine menace. And as for the priceless supporting cast: Herbert Lom, Sid James, Gordon Jackson, and Sean Connery in one of his earliest roles..need I say more. To sum up, Hell Drivers is a minor classic of post-war British cinema, and deserves more recognition than it has formerly feceived.
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- sayesele
- 20 juill. 2003
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Hell Drivers
- Lieux de tournage
- Blue Circle Cement Works - disused, Steyning Road, Upper Beeding, West Sussex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(Red's lorry crashes into the quarry)
- sociétés de production
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- Durée1 heure 48 minutes
- Couleur
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