The Wages of Fear (1953) |
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| Director(s) | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Producer(s) | Henri-Georges Clouzot, Raymond Borderie |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Film Noir, Thriller/Suspense |
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Yves Montand(as Mario)
The Wages of Fear
Released
1953
The Wages of Fear
Released
1953
Yves Montand
(as Mario)
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The Wages of Fear (1953) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and produced by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Raymond Borderie.
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The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Wages of Fear (“Le salaire de la peur”) Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot Written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérôme Géronimi based on the novel by Georges Arnaud 1953/France/Italy Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)/Filmsonor/Vera Films/Fono Roma ... Read full article
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The Wages of Fear Quotes:
Mario:
When someone else is driving, I'm scared.
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Henri-Georges Clouzot originally planned on shooting the film in Spain, but Yves Montand and his wife, Simone Signoret, refused to work in Spain as long as fascist dictator Francisco Franco was in power. Filming took place instead in the south of France, near Saint-Gilles, in the Camargue. The village seen in the film was built from scratch.
Visa d'exploitation en France #11794.
This was the first film to win both the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Jean Gabin refused the role that eventually went to Charles Vanel because he didn't think his fans would pay to see him play a "coward".
This film was spoofed by Spike Milligan in a Goon Show episode entitled "Fear Of Wages".