Showing posts with label The Wages of Fear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Wages of Fear. Show all posts

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Born on this day and book - The Wages of Fear (1950) by Georges Arnaud:

 

Georges Arnaud


Writer

July 16, 1917 – March 4, 1987

Credits: 

Books:

Chroniques du crime et de l'innocence (1982); Indiens des hauts plateau (1952); Indiens pas morts (1956); Juste avant l'aube, in collaboration with Jean Anglade (1990); La Plus Grande Pente (1961); L'Affaire Peiper: plus qu'un fait divers (1978); Le Salaire de la peur (1950); Le Voyage du mauvais larron (1951 / 1987); Les Aveux les plus doux (1954); Les Oreilles sur le dos (1953 / 1974); Lumière de soufre (1952); Maréchal P... (1958); Mon procès (1961); Pour Djamila Bouhired (1957); Préface within The Murder of Roger Ackroyd of Agatha Christie (1961); Prisons 53 (1953); Schtibilem 1941 (1953).

Movies and television:

Décembre (1973); Les aveux les plus doux (1971); Les oreilles sur le dos (2002); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Sorcerer (1977); The Wages of Fear (1953 / 2024); Violent Road / aka Hell's Highway (1958).


Recommended reading:

The Wages of Fear

Original title: Le Salaire de la peur.

By Georges Arnaud.

Originally published in 1950.

This English language translation edition was published in 1968.

Paperback.

Avon edition.

ASIN: B000VDT4KS

Description:

Las Piedras, beaching port. There are hundreds of them, coming from who knows where, to forget the impasse of their existence in the tropics. For a handful of dollars, these low-rankers are ready to do anything. Ready to face kilometers of impassable track, behind the wheel of a dilapidated truck, to transport nitroglycerin. At the slightest deviation, at the slightest shock, it is death. An epic of pure anguish...

Book cover artwork from other editions:


Wednesday, April 15, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Wages of Fear (1953)


The Wages of Fear


French title: Le Salaire de la peur,

directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot,

written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérome Geronimi,

based on the novel by Georges Arnaud,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on April 15, 1953.

Music by Georges Auric.


Cast:
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck, Véra Clouzot, William Tubbs, Darío Moreno, Jo Dest, Antonio Centa, Luis De Lima, Grégoire Gromoff, Josep Palau i Fabre, Faustini, Seguna, Darling Légitimus, René Baranger, Pat Hurst, Evelio Larenagas, Jeronimo Mitchell, Ricardo, François Valorbe, Rico Zermano.