Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer to take explosive rocket-fuel chemical components, in three trucks, over back roads in rugged terrain to a remote missile base. Uncredited "remake" of The Wages of Fear.
Directed by Howard W. Koch
volunteer
remake
desert
truck driver
dangerous mission
marital discord
drunkenness
failed brakes
compulsive gambler
mystery woman
chemical leak
runaway bus
rocket fuel
deadly chemicals
unpaved roads
fatal injury
mountain road
children in peril
experimental fuel
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
Cast
Brian Keith
Mitch Barton
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
George Lawrence
Arthur Batanides
Ben
Sean Garrison
Ken Farley
Dick Foran
Frank 'Sarge' Miller
Perry Lopez
Joe
Merry Anders
The Girl in the Convertible
Ann Doran
Edith Miller
John Dennis
Pat Farley
Joanna Barnes
Lawrence's Wife
Peter Brown
Marine at Bar
Gil Perkins
Sheriff Sam Vincent
Crew
Howard W. Koch
Director
Leith Stevens
Original Music Composer
Carey Loftin
Stunts
Georges Arnaud
Novel
Popular Reviews
1 review
Portoroghi
5.0★ · 11/10/25
This was extremely dull for a 1950s thriller. And the ending didn’t really showcase much.
This was extremely dull for a 1950s thriller. And the ending didn’t really showcase much.
Portoroghi
5.0★ · 11/10/25
This was extremely dull for a 1950s thriller. And the ending didn’t really showcase much.
This was extremely dull for a 1950s thriller. And the ending didn’t really showcase much.
Portoroghi
5.0★ · 11/10/25
This was extremely dull for a 1950s thriller. And the ending didn’t really showcase much.
This was extremely dull for a 1950s thriller. And the ending didn’t really showcase much.
