The Wages of Fear

Le Salaire de la peur (1953)

Timing: 2:33 (153 min)

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Video 8

Photo 78

Actors and characters

Release date

1953-04-22

Country

France, Italy

Production

Filmsonor, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), Fono Roma, Véra Films

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Adventure

Budget

$50 000 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Actors

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Véra Clouzot, Antonio Centa, Jo Dest, Darío Moreno, William Tubbs, Darling Légitimus
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Henri-Georges Clouzot, Raymond Borderie

Operator

Armand Thirard

Composer

Georges Auric

Artist

Audition

Editing

Madeleine Gug, Etiennette Muse, Henri Rust
All team (22)

• The film is based on Georges Arnaud's novel "The Wages of Fear" (Le salaire de la peur, 1950).
• One of the first black-and-white films to be colorized in the late 1980s.
• A fake cemetery was built near Marseille for filming.
• Filming took place in southern France.
• The film features two trucks: a Dodge T110 with a 3-ton capacity, produced by the Canadian branch of Chrysler, and a three-axle White-666 (also produced under the brands Brockway, Corbitt, FWD, and Ward la France) with a 6-ton capacity (not 10 tons, as mentioned in the film).
• The film is based on Georges Arnaud's novel 'The Wages of Fear' (Le salaire de la peur, 1950).
• The film features two trucks – a Dodge T110 with a 3-ton payload, produced by the Canadian branch of Chrysler, and a three-axle White-666 (also produced under the brands Brockway, Corbitt, FWD, and Ward la France) with a 6-ton payload (as opposed to the 10 tons mentioned in the film).