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The Wages of Fear 12 rating

Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic, nail-biting suspense thriller won both The Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or in 1953.

Crime 1953 153 mins

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Overview

Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic suspense thriller follows four desperate men as they embark on a treacherous journey, transporting a volatile cargo of nitro-glycerine to a massive oil well fire. Friendships and courage are pushed to the limit in this nail-biting thriller by a director who would go on to be dubbed the ‘French Hitchcock’.

The film is presented here in a new restoration of its original French theatrical version, which restores four minutes previously missing from prior home video releases.

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