Wages of fear

Duration: 138

Year Published: 1963

Creator: / Vera Film/Fono Roma (Italy) production ; screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot ; adaptation and dialog by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérôme Géronomi ; director of production, Louis Wipf ; directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Clouzot, H.-G. (Henri-Georges); Geronimi, Jérôme.; Arnaud, Georges, 1917-1987 Salaire de la peur.; Wipf, Louis.; Thirard, Armand.; Renoux, Rene.; Auric, Georges, 1899-1983.; Rust, Henri.; Gug, Madeleine.; Muse, Etiennette.; Montand, Yves, 1921-1991.; Vanel, Charles, 1892-1989.; Clouzet, Vera, 1921-1960.; Eyck, Peter van, 1911-1969.; Filmsonor (Firm); Vera Film.; Fona Roma.; C.I.C.C. Films.

Description: Original release title in France: Le salaire de la peur.; Production date and credits taken from Variety.; Based on the novel by Georges Arnoud.; "Une co-production Franco-Italienne, C.I.C.C.-Filmsonor, Vera Film-Fono Roma."; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Director of photography, Armand Thirard ; design by Rene Renoux ; music, Georges Auric ; editors, Henri Rust, Madeleine Gug, E. Muse.; Variety Film Reviews, 4/29/53.; Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Vera Clouzet, Peter van Eyck, William Tubbs, Dario Moreno, Jo Best, Falco Lulli.; A tense drama of courage, cowardice and failure set in South America as four desperate men attempt to transport two truck-loads of nitroglycerine three hundred miles to the site of an oil well fire.; PFA 1616-108-8631. D0108; French dialog with English subtitles.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE