"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
Étiennette Muse
Editor
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Georges Arnaud
Novel
Jérôme Géronimi
Screenplay
Madeleine Gug
Armand Thirard
Director of Photography
Raymond Borderie
Producer
Henri Rust
Roberto Savarese
Assistant Director
Robert Juillard
Camera Operator
Jean Lallier
Louis Wipf
Production Manager
René Renoux
Art Direction
Michel Romanoff
Set Decoration
Music Director
Lucien Lippens
Unit Production Manager
Louis Née
Georges Bouban
Makeup Artist
Henri Jaquillard
Still Photographer
Lucienne Chevert
William Robert Sivel
Sound Designer
Marc Desages
Assistant Set Decoration