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The Wages of Fear - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "The Wages of Fear"

Le Salaire de la peur (1953)

Timing: 2:33 (153 min)

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Actors and characters

Character Mario Livi

Character Mr. Jo

Character Bimba

Character Luigi

Character Linda

Character Camp Chief

Jo Dest

Character Hans Smerloff

Character Pepito Hernandez

Character Bill O'Brien

Character Rosa

Luis De Lima

Character Bernardo

François Valorbe

Character (uncredited)

Pat Hurst

Character (uncredited)

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).

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