(Le salaire de la peur)
Derek Malcolm introduces H.G. Clouzot's masterpiece of suspense starring Yves Montand Charles Vanel
Drifters from all over the world end up in Las Piedras, with their dreams of making a fortune in the American-controlled oil-fields reduced to threadbare schemes for earning a ticket home.
A fire in an oil-well means that anyone who volunteers to drive a consignment of nitroglycerine 300 miles over bumpy mountain roads can earn 2,000 dollars.
Clouzot's accomplished thriller, winner of the Grand Prix in Cannes in 1953, is being shown in its full-length version.
A masterpiece (EVENING STANDARD) Suspense is here by the load (DAILY MAIL)
Shuddering excitement all the way (DAILY EXPRESS)
Written and directed by HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT
(A French film with English subtitles)
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