In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.

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Film Cast:

• Mario Livi: Yves Montand
• Mr. Jo: Charles Vanel
• Bimba: Peter van Eyck
• Luigi: Folco Lulli
• Linda: Véra Clouzot
• Camp Chief: Antonio Centa
• Bernardo: Luis De Lima
• Hans Smerloff: Jo Dest
• Pepito Hernandez: Darío Moreno
• Bill O’Brien: William Tubbs
• Rosa: Darling Légitimus
• …: Grégoire Gromoff
• …: Joseph Palau-Fabre
• (uncredited): François Valorbe
• (uncredited): Pat Hurst

Film Crew:

• Producer: Henri-Georges Clouzot
• Screenplay: Jérôme Géronimi
• Novel: Georges Arnaud
• Producer: Raymond Borderie
• Music Director: Georges Auric
• Director of Photography: Armand Thirard
• Editor: Madeleine Gug
• Editor: Etiennette Muse
• Editor: Henri Rust
• Camera Operator: Louis Née
• Sound Designer: William Robert Sivel
• Makeup Artist: Georges Bouban
• Set Decoration: René Renoux
• Camera Operator: Robert Juillard
• Assistant Set Decoration: Marc Desages
• Assistant Director: Roberto Savarese
• Assistant Director: Michel Romanoff
• Production Manager: Louis Wipf
• Unit Production Manager: Henri Jaquillard
• Unit Production Manager: Lucien Lippens
• Camera Operator: Jean Lallier
• Still Photographer: Jean Clouzot
• Still Photographer: Lucienne Chevert

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