Hell Drivers 1957

Hell Drivers

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Movie Info

Tom Yately (Stanley Baker) is an ex-convict who takes a job as a construction-supply trucker. He soon befriends Lucy (Peggy Cummins) and Gino (Herbert Lom), who help him adjust to the fast-paced, competitive nature of the dangerous job. Red (Patrick McGoohan), the company foreman, encourages the truckers to drive as fast as possible in order to complete more trips, while he pockets the extra money. Yately finds himself torn between beating Red's driving record and exposing his crooked schemes.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Charles De Latour
Producer:

Benjamin Fisz, Earl St. John
Writer:

Charles De Latour, John Kruse
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 25, 2016
Runtime:

1h 31m
Production Co:

The Rank Organization [gb]

Cast & Crew

Stanley Baker
Tom Yately

Herbert Lom
Gino Rossi

Peggy Cummins
Lucy

Patrick McGoohan
C. "Red" Redman

Jill Ireland
Jill

Gordon Jackson
Scottie

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Critic Reviews for Hell Drivers

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November 17, 2011 | Rating: 4/5

David Fear
Time Out
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The thriller is appealing for its no-nonsense approach.

August 26, 2010 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
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.

August 5, 2009

Armond White
New York Press
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August 4, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Emanuel Levy
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Audience Reviews for Hell Drivers

Sep 05, 2010

A pretty good movie with good actors, like McGoohan, but a story that's familiar. Still, I enjoyed seeing it on TV.

Aj V Super Reviewer
Aug 24, 2009

"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.

Walter M Super Reviewer
Jan 07, 2007

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.

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