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Desafío al miedo

Título original: Hell Drivers
  • 1957
  • Approved
  • 1h 48min
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Stanley Baker and Peggy Cummins in Desafío al miedo (1957)
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Un exconvicto que ahora es camionero intenta poner al descubierto las estafas de su jefe.Un exconvicto que ahora es camionero intenta poner al descubierto las estafas de su jefe.Un exconvicto que ahora es camionero intenta poner al descubierto las estafas de su jefe.

  • Dirección
    • Cy Endfield
  • Guionistas
    • John Kruse
    • Cy Endfield
  • Elenco
    • Stanley Baker
    • Herbert Lom
    • Peggy Cummins
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    • Dirección
      • Cy Endfield
    • Guionistas
      • John Kruse
      • Cy Endfield
    • Elenco
      • Stanley Baker
      • Herbert Lom
      • Peggy Cummins
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    • Nominada a1 premio BAFTA
      • 1 nominación en total

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    Stanley Baker
    Stanley Baker
    • Tom Yately
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Gino Rossi
    Peggy Cummins
    Peggy Cummins
    • Lucy
    Patrick McGoohan
    Patrick McGoohan
    • C. 'Red' Redman
    William Hartnell
    William Hartnell
    • Cartley
    Wilfrid Lawson
    Wilfrid Lawson
    • Ed
    Sidney James
    Sidney James
    • Dusty
    Jill Ireland
    Jill Ireland
    • Jill
    Alfie Bass
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    Gordon Jackson
    Gordon Jackson
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    David McCallum
    • Jimmy Yately
    Sean Connery
    Sean Connery
    • Johnny Kates
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    George Murcell
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    Marjorie Rhodes
    Marjorie Rhodes
    • Ma West
    Vera Day
    Vera Day
    • Blonde at Dance
    Beatrice Varley
    Beatrice Varley
    • Mrs. Yately - Tom's Mother
    Robin Bailey
    Robin Bailey
    • Hawlett Assistant Manager
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      • Cy Endfield
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      • Cy Endfield
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    sayesele

    Brilliant, underrated piece of British 50s social realism

    This underrated film, directed by Cy Endfield (Zulu) is a dour, realistic drama about an ex-con (Stanley Baker) who goes to work as a lorry driver for a crooked haulage company, only to discover that the ruthless boss and his foreman are cheating the drivers of huge amounts of money, and forcing them to work in dangerous conditions, resulting in the death of several drivers.

    It benefits from a taut, BAFTA nominated screenplay by Endfield and John Kruse (better known as a documentary film maker), which pulls no punches in its realistic depiction of the genuinely life-threatening conditions that these lorry drivers had to endure.

    Its chief asset, however, is the remarkably strong cast. Stanley Baker, as the ex-con determined to expose his corrupt bosses, brings a quiet strength and sincerity to his role as a basically decent guy who makes the wrong choices. It is interesting to compare Baker's performance here with his acclaimed portrayal of the ruthless, hardened gangster in Joseph Losey's 'The Criminal', made three years later.

    Patrick McGoohan shines in an early role as the psychopathic lead driver, exuding genuine menace. And as for the priceless supporting cast: Herbert Lom, Sid James, Gordon Jackson, and Sean Connery in one of his earliest roles..need I say more. To sum up, Hell Drivers is a minor classic of post-war British cinema, and deserves more recognition than it has formerly feceived.
    8howdymax

    Hell Bent

    This movie shows us a side of the English that most Americans are unfamiliar with. Down, dirty, gritty, and nasty. We see these traits more in ourselves than in our friends across the pond.

    As an old trucker, I was practically hypnotized by this movie. If I were still driving it would give me nightmares. A trucking crew, at odds with themselves as well as the owner, practically cut each others throats to become top driver. It is a daily grind consisting of hauling loads of gravel back and forth from a gravel pit to a construction site, rolling over each other as well as everyone else on the road in the process.

    It isn't the story that makes this film - it's the cast, action, and direction - in any order you like. Stanley Baker plays the new guy. An ex-con trying to make a new start. Patrick McGoohan plays his antagonist in a truly evil fashion. I thought back and cannot remember seeing Patrick McGoohan in any standout role other than a Columbo re-run. But he really hit the mark here. Probably before he became convinced he was the world's greatest actor. The rest would fill out the Rank Organisation's register. Gordon Jackson (from The Great Escape), Herbert Lom (from the Pink Panther series) as an Italian!, and Sean Connery (pre James Bond) with real hair!

    I found myself watching this movie with my mouth open and wondering WHERE WERE THE COPS!
    7Frobnitz

    A wonderful period piece

    This film is a remarkably unsentimental look at life for the less fortunate in post-war Britain. There are no tour-de-force performances, but this is not a film that demands them. A group of down on their luck men, finding work, love and friendship where they can, do what they have to do to earn enough money to keep them from crime (more or less), particularly when faced by venal employers who cheat and lie to them daily. There is no union for these men, no legal recourse, no Health and Safety Executive, they have nothing except themselves and the tenuous camaraderie they forge in the down and out bed and breakfasts they have to live in. Driving trucks to ferry gravel from a quarry to a building site, they cut every corner and take their own, and every other road user's, life in their hands as they struggle to get that one more run, that might get them one more pint in the pub. A veritable "who's going to be who" of British actors - Sean Connery, David McCallum, Herbert Lom (okay, Czech, but work with me...), William Hartnell (far from the lovable Dr Who), Stanley Baker, Patrick McGoohan and Sid James (in a rare straight role) all grimly play men on edge pushed to their limits - and sometimes beyond.

    Oh yes - until 1965, there were no speed limits on British roads outside urban areas, which in some respects explains the lack of police.
    jadeandmillietennyson

    Gritty excitement and tension

    The harsh life of a group of lorry drivers. Tension and excitement are the order of the day with this gritty British film.Most of the main players in this film went on to greater success: Stanley Baker is superb as ever. A very atmospheric film with a tense and dramatic end. If you like old British B&W thrillers, this is a must-see.
    pullgees

    Truck drivers spit gravel

    A tautly directed and tight lipped B movie done in American 50's crime genre style. This was one British film that had actors playing tough guys properly instead of the usual feeble and artificial methods of acting tough that let down scores of British films of that time. In particular the fist fight scene looked convincing and dramatic for a change. All this was very refreshing for its time. A very watchable Patrick Mcgoohan excelled in the role as the main antagonist playing a believable hard b'stard. I wish he had done subsequent roles as a leading heavy he would have been good at that. A strong cast all round. The dour realism of working class England was captured well. The crazy driving was not too far from the truth either. During the Fifties there was a massive rebuilding programme going on following the war and the blitz and you would see these ballast lorries scurrying around everywhere breaking speed limits where they could. Many looked in a bad state of maintenance. For truck geeks they were Dodge Semi Forwards with mostly Perkins diesel engines.

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    • Trivia
      Although Stanley Baker had played major supporting roles in movies to great acclaim for several years, this was the first time he played the leading role in a movie.
    • Errores
      During the fight between Tom and Red, Red's cigarette drops from his mouth to the floor, but it is back in his mouth in the next shot.
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      Lucy, Hawlett Trucking Secretary: You think I'm flinging myself at you, don't you?

      Tom Yately: You're doing a fair imitation.

    • Conexiones
      Edited into Interpol Calling (1959)

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      • 16 de septiembre de 1959 (México)
    • País de origen
      • Reino Unido
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    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Blue Circle Cement Works - disused, Steyning Road, Upper Beeding, West Sussex, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(Red's lorry crashes into the quarry)
    • Productoras
      • The Rank Organisation
      • Aqua Film Productions
      • Rank Organisation Film Productions
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