The Wages of Fear (1953)

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In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

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James ★ 8.0/10

It’s always my honour to write the first review for a film, especially ones like this. It, however, upsets me that not many have seen this magnificent and harrowing masterpiece.9. Nov 2023

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Four men are stranded in, quite literally, a dead end town with no money to get out. All they do each day is kill time, drink and get gradually more disillusioned. Then their luck changes. Or does it?…9. Feb 2024

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Myndin hlaut gullpálmann í Cannes og gullbjörnin í Berlín árið 1953.

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