Videocassette release of the 1953 motion picture. Based on a novel by Georges Arnaud. In French with English subtitles. Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Vera Clouzot.
Summary:
A study of courage and cowardice in the face of almost insurmountable odds. After establishing the characters of the protagonists in a long prologue, director Clouzot follows them as they transport a cargo of nitroglycerin over a primitive mountain road to a conclusion of high suspence and final irony.
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