Sorcerer
1977 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
A group of outcasts from different backgrounds and nationalities are forced by misfortune to work in an oil-drilling operation in South America. When fire breaks out of control, four of the outcasts are given the opportunity to earn enough money to get out by transporting six crates of unstable dynamite through miles of jungle in two ancient trucks. The plot of William Friedkin's suspense thriller originated with the same Georges Arnaud novel that inspired Henri-Georges Clouzot's French suspense classic The Wages of Fear (1953). Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou play four men who, for various reasons, cannot return to their own countries. They end up in a dismal South American town where an American oil company is seeking out courageous drivers willing to haul nitroglycerin over 200 miles of treacherous terrain. The four stateless men have nothing to lose--and, besides, they'll be paid $10,000 apiece, and be granted legal citizenship, if they survive.
Direction William Friedkin
Cast Roy Scheider · Bruno Cremer · Francisco Rabal · Amidou · Ramon Bieri · Peter Capell · Friedrich von Ledebur · Joe Spinell · Karl John · Jean-Luc Bideau
Soundtrack Tangerine Dream
Screenplay Walon Green · Georges Arnaud
Cinematography John M. Stephens · Dick Bush
Original title Sorcerer
Also known as Wages of Fear
6.8
1K votes (FilmAffinity)
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