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Release Date:
26 August 1957 (Sweden) moreTagline:
Roaring Down the World's Deadliest Roads!Plot Keywords:
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
"Hell Drivers" At Film Forum New York August 21 (From CinemaRetro. 17 August 2009, 2:59 PM, PDT)
Film Forum In New York City Launches Major "Brit Noir" Festival August 7-september 3
(From CinemaRetro. 27 July 2009, 3:39 AM, PDT)
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Trucking Hell more (46 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Stanley Baker | ... | Tom Yately | |
| Herbert Lom | ... | Gino Rossi | |
| Peggy Cummins | ... | Lucy, Hawlett Trucking Secretary | |
| Patrick McGoohan | ... | C. 'Red' Redman, Foreman (Truck 1) | |
| William Hartnell | ... | Cartley, Hawlett Manager | |
| Wilfrid Lawson | ... | Ed, Hawlett Mechanic | |
| Sid James | ... | Dusty, Truck Driver (as Sidney James) | |
| Jill Ireland | ... | Jill, Pull In Waitress | |
| Alfie Bass | ... | Tinker, Truck Driver | |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | Scottie | |
| David McCallum | ... | Jimmy Yately, Tom's brother | |
| Sean Connery | ... | Johnny Kates | |
| Wensley Pithey | ... | Pop, Truck 4 Driver | |
| George Murcell | ... | Tub, Truck Driver | |
| Marjorie Rhodes | ... | Ma West, Landlady |
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108 min | USA:91 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (2003) | USA:ApprovedFilming Locations:
Blue Circle Cement Works - disused, Steyning Road, Upper Beeding, West Sussex, England, UK moreFun Stuff
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Hawletts' Yard, contrary to some reports on the internet, was actually built on the Pinewood Studios back lot, just to the north of 'H' Stage. This is approximately where the massive '007' Stage stands today. moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Tom Yateley (Stanley Baker) wears the same shirt throughout the duration of the film, regardless of whether he is driving or going out socially. moreQuotes:
[Ed is encouraging Tom to drive faster and faster along a single-track road]Ed, Hawlett Mechanic: Don't ease up.
Tom Yately: Supposing we meet something.
Ed, Hawlett Mechanic: Supposing we don't. Look on the bright side.
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The trucking crew reads like a who's who of male British-based acting talent. Baker, Connery, Sid James (who was a superb straight actor), Lom, Gordon Jackson, etc, under the foremanship of Patrick McGoohan. Back home minding the shop we have David McCallum and in the office, ripping them all off is William Hartnell.
I love the road scenes be they shot at normal speed or otherwise. The language had to be toned down for censorship reasons, otherwise you would find McGoohan calling Baker something a little stronger than yellow belly.
With a cast like that you would expect to see some great performances; and you do. But since Patrick McGoohan has the best role, he stands head and shoulders above the rest as the mad Irishman who swigs Guiness at the wheel, and who can lose a fight and still have his cigarette sticking out of his mouth.
I love this film.