☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Hell
Drivers (1957) – C. Endfield
Sullen Stanley Baker arrives at the gate
of a trucking company looking for work.
He’s willing to take the job, despite the clear pressure to break road
rules to deliver as many loads as possible each day. Rough tough and possibly insane Patrick
McGoohan is the pacesetter (18 loads per day) and foreman who won’t stand any
competition – and will sabotage another driver to keep his status. Herbert Lom is gentle “Gino” the Italian
immigrant who befriends Baker and Peggy Cummins is their love interest. Cy Endfield directs with panache and this is
a truly taut tense tough and gripping affair.
Who knew delivering rocks could be this exciting? (Maybe Clouzot did – but he had
nitroglycerine as the load in The Wages of Fear). Great cast of British character actors and
stars-to-be (including young S. Connery).
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