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55 Global Ranking
Wins 62% of its Matchups
1439 Total UsersWho've Ranked It
38723 Total Times Ranked
2 Have It At #1
76 Have It In Their Top 20
Directed By Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot Starring Yves Montand Yves Montand • Charles Vanel Charles Vanel • Folco Lulli Folco Lulli • Peter Van Eyck Peter Van Eyck • Vera Clouzot Vera Clouzot Genres Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Foreign Language Film • Psychological Thriller • Thriller Studios &Franchises The Criterion Collection • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • Cannes Grand Prix du Festival International du Film • BAFTA Award for Best Film Winning • BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated • Golden Bear for Best Film Winning • French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Prix Méliès Winning • Time Out: Paris's 100 Best French Films • Time Out: New York's 100 Best Action Movies • Empire Magazine's 100 Best Films of World Cinema • TCM Underground • 1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn't They? Other Titles Le salaire de la peur [France] Release Info 1953-04-22T00:00:00Z April 22, 1953 B&W • 131 minutes NR see more films from 1953 ► see more about this film on our blog ►
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The Wages of Fear vs. Citizen Kane
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JC13 on 2/7/2015 Reply · Like · (4 likes)
It takes its sweet time setting things up, but once it gets going it's intense as hell.
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seve24 on 8/12/2015 Reply · Like · (1 like)
A brilliant film, one of the best.
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hambone88 on 3/31/2020 Reply · Like · (1 like)
This is one of the absolute best examples of suspense I’ve ever seen. My heart was pounding in a lot of places
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