Hell Drivers (1957)
Movie Info
Cast
as Tom Yately
as Gino
as Lucy
as Red
as Cartley
as Ed
as Dusty
as Jill
as Tinker
as Scottie
as Jimmy Yately
as Johnny
as Pop
as Tub
as Ma West
as Blonde
as Mother
as Assistant Manager
as Spinster
as Chick
as Doctor
as Nurse
as Barber Joe
Critic Reviews for Hell Drivers
All Critics (3) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (0)
The thriller is appealing for its no-nonsense approach.
The working-class personal/political tension leads to a splendidly drawn immigrant characterization by Herbert Lom and the human drama of Baker dangling from a precipice. Both remain memorable.
Audience Reviews for Hell Drivers
A pretty good movie with good actors, like McGoohan, but a story that's familiar. Still, I enjoyed seeing it on TV.
Super Reviewer
"Hell Drivers" is a gripping, yet mildly predictable, road movie wherein the highway is a ten mile stretch of country roads where a group of truckers haul ballast from a mine to the main plant, led by Red(Patrick McGoohan) who is out to prove he is number one. After the death of one of the drivers, Tom(Stanley Baker) shows up looking for work and gets it on the basis of a nerve-wracking audition. As Cartley(William Hartnell), the manager, explains, all the drivers must complete at least twelve runs a day or they are fired, paving the way for the men to prove their masculinity by driving excessive speeds. As competitive as the drivers are, Tom manages to make one true friend, Gino(Herbert Lom), an Italian expatriate who has been in England since World War II and is still homesick.
Super Reviewer
A very old fashioned melodrama about gravel delivery(?!) Only a cast of actors who went on to better things (including Sean Connery) makes it of interest.
Super Reviewer
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