The Wages of Fear (1953)
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Your Crit Club pals are taking an extremely dangerous and existential road trip this week as we hitch a ride with 1953’s The Wages of Fear. This intense thriller from Henri-Georges Couzot tells the story of a collection of downtrodden drifters from around the world, stuck in a South American oil company town. A chance for escape comes when four of these rascals get hired to drive tons of highly volatile nitroglycerine 300 miles across mountain roads. Did your beloved Crit Club survive the trek, or did the movie make them wish they were blown to smithereens? Listen and find out! And drop us a line! You can email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast.
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