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22/04/1953 Drama, Thriller, Adventure 2h 34m
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‘Dynamic’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Shattering’

Overview

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.

  1. Henri-Georges Clouzot

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Yves Montand

    Mario Livi

  2. Charles Vanel

    Mr. Jo

  3. Peter van Eyck

    Bimba

  4. Folco Lulli

    Luigi

  5. Véra Clouzot

    Linda

  6. Antonio Centa

    Camp Chief

  7. Jo Dest

    Hans Smerloff

  8. Darío Moreno

    Pepito Hernandez

  9. William Tubbs

    Bill O'Brien

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-09
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? A major fire breaks out at a nearby oil drilling facility and the manager needs a brave/foolhardy gang to drive two truckloads of ultra-sensitive nitro-glycerin along some poorly maintained roads and across some treacherous terrain to the site so they can extinguish the fires. It's a pretty international convoy that sets off with their two travelling time bombs safe in the knowledge that the slig...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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