Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- petrol
- fire
- life and death
- based on novel or book
- unsociability
- central and south america
- capitalism
- venezuela
- tanker
- dynamite
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Véra Clouzot — Linda
- Antonio Centa — Camp Chief
- Jo Dest — Hans Smerloff
- Darío Moreno — Pepito Hernandez
- William Tubbs — Bill O'Brien
- Darling Légitimus — Rosa
- Luis De Lima — Bernardo
- Grégoire Gromoff
- Joseph Palau-Fabre
- François Valorbe — (uncredited)
- Pat Hurst — (uncredited)
- Directed
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Written
- Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi
Production
- Studio
- Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Véra Films, Fono Roma, Filmsonor
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
