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.
Cast
Yves Montand
Mario Livi
Charles Vanel
Mr. Jo
Peter van Eyck
Bimba
Folco Lulli
Luigi
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
Unknown
Joseph Palau-Fabre
Unknown
François Valorbe
(uncredited)
Pat Hurst
(uncredited)
Crew
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Jérôme Géronimi
Screenplay, Still Photographer
Georges Arnaud
Novel
Madeleine Gug
Editor
Étiennette Muse
Editor
Henri Rust
Editor
Armand Thirard
Director of Photography
Michel Romanoff
Assistant Director
Roberto Savarese
Assistant Director
Raymond Borderie
Producer
Robert Juillard
Camera Operator
Jean Lallier
Camera Operator
Louis Née
Camera Operator
Georges Bouban
Makeup Artist
William Robert Sivel
Sound Designer
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer, Music Director
René Renoux
Set Decoration, Art Direction
Marc Desages
Assistant Set Decoration
Lucienne Chevert
Still Photographer
Louis Wipf
Production Manager
Henri Jaquillard
Unit Production Manager
Lucien Lippens
Unit Production Manager
