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The Wages of Fear

‘Dynamic’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Shattering’

8.0(1,144)19532h 34m15

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • petrol
  • fire
  • life and death
  • based on novel or book
  • unsociability
  • central and south america
  • capitalism
  • venezuela
  • tanker
  • dynamite
  • male friendship
  • nitroglycerin

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Behind the camera

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical23 Sept 1955
  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-1316 Feb 1955
    • PhysicalDVD2 Feb 1999
    • PhysicalDVD25 Oct 2005
    • PhysicalBlu-ray21 Apr 2009
    • Digital / OTT24 Nov 2015
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical12A9 Feb 1954
    • PhysicalPGDual Format DVD / Blu-ray19 Jun 2017
    • PhysicalBlu-ray23 Oct 2017
    • PhysicalBlu-ray(4K)19 Feb 2024
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PhysicalDVD23 Oct 2017
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG1 Nov 1977
    • Theatricalre-release23 Oct 1992
    • PhysicalDVD9 Jul 2003
  • CanadaCA

    • Physical14A Blu-ray21 Apr 2009
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical9 Mar 1955
    • Theatricalre-release24 Aug 1960
    • Theatricalre-release13 Jan 1972
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical1 Feb 1954
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical21 Aug 1964
  • BrazilBR

    • Physical16DVD1 Jan 2000
    • Theatricalre-release19 Oct 2019
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival (4K restored version)17 Sept 2021
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical15 Feb 1954

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The Wages of Fear was released on 22 April 1953.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    James

    11/9/2023

    8/10

    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.

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    2/9/2024

    7/10

    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? 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 treache…

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