Le Salaire de la Peur (1953)

150 min · Adventure, Road Movie, Social Drama, Thriller

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Directors

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Cast

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Véra Clouzot, Antonio Centa, Luis De Lima, Jo Dest, William Tubbs, Darío Moreno

The story

Frenchmen Mario and Jo, German Bimba and Italian Luigi are stuck in the isolated South American town of Las Piedras. Surrounded by desert, the town is linked to the outside world only by an airstrip, but the airfare is beyond the means of the men. There is little opportunity for employment aside from the American corporation that dominates the town, Southern Oil Company (SOC), which operates the nearby oil fields and owns a walled compound within the town.

Catalogue themes and tags

1950s, Adventure, Ambush, Antisocial, Aridity, Bar Woman, Biker Kneipe, Bridge, Car Crash, Car Race, Central and South America, Dance, Dorfgemeinde, Emigranten, Emigration, Fernfahrer, Feuer, Incomes, Italiener, Kaffeehaus, Kellner, Kleinstadt, Lastkraftwagen, Life and Death, Mortal Danger, Mud, Nitroglyzerin, Notsignal, Patriarchy, Petrol, Protector, Risk, Road, Road Traffic, Russin, Schmutz, Tanker, Threat, Traffic Chaos, Urwald, Venezuela, Verbrennen, fractured leg, gefahr, Überlebenswille

Genres

Adventure, Road Movie, Social Drama, Thriller

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