"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."
Yves Montand
as Mario Livi
Charles Vanel
as Mr. Jo
Peter van Eyck
as Bimba
Folco Lulli
as Luigi
Véra Clouzot
as Linda
Antonio Centa
as Camp Chief
Jo Dest
as Hans Smerloff
Darío Moreno
as Pepito Hernandez
William Tubbs
as Bill O'Brien
Darling Légitimus
as Rosa
Luis De Lima
as Bernardo
Grégoire Gromoff
as
Joseph Palau-Fabre
François Valorbe
as (uncredited)
Pat Hurst
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Director
Screenplay
Jérôme Géronimi
Georges Arnaud
Novel
Raymond Borderie
Producer
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Armand Thirard
Director of Photography
Madeleine Gug
Editor
Étiennette Muse
Henri Rust
René Renoux
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Georges Bouban
Makeup Artist
Louis Wipf
Production Manager
Henri Jaquillard
Unit Production Manager
Lucien Lippens
Michel Romanoff
Assistant Director
Roberto Savarese
Robert Juillard
Camera Operator
Jean Lallier
Louis Née
Music Director
Still Photographer
Lucienne Chevert
William Robert Sivel
Sound Designer
Marc Desages
Assistant Set Decoration