The Wages of Fear: No Exit
By October 24, 2005
“Just takes a few months to get to be a hundred. If you’re in the right place at the right time.” I first saw Henri-Georges Clouzot’s masterpiece The Wages of Fear Read more »
- France
- 1953
- 147 minutes
- 1.33:1
- French
- Spine #36
SYNOPSIS: In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Mario | Yves Montand |
| Jo | Charles Vanel |
| Bimba | Peter Van Eyck |
| Bill O'Brien | William Tubbs |
| Linda | Véra Clouzot |
| Luigi | Folco Lulli |
Credits
| Director | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Screenplay | Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérôme Géronimi |
| Based on the novel by | Georges Arnaud |
| Producer | Louis Wipf |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Editing | Henri Rust and Madeleine Gug |
| Executive producer | Raymond Borderie and Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Music | Georges Auric |
| Sound | William Robert Sivel |
Disc Features
AVAILABLE IN BOTH DOUBLE-DVD AND BLU-RAY EDITIONS:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- New video interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Henri-Georges Clouzot biographer Marc Godin
- Interview with Yves Montand from 1988
- Henri Georges Clouzot: An Enlightened Tyrant, a 2004 documentary on the director’s career
- Censored, an analysis of cuts to the film made for the 1955 U.S. release
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A 24-page booklet featuring a new essay by novelist Dennis Lehane and a compilation of interviews with the cast and crew of the film
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