Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.
Susan Adams
- Kathy
- (uncredited)
Robert Alderette
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Peter Brown
- Marine Corporal
- (uncredited)
John Caler
- Marine
- (uncredited)
Joe Connors
- Crane Operator
- (uncredited)
Charmienne Harker
- Margaret
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe rocket launched at the beginning of the movie is a Viking rocket. According to "The Viking Rocket Story" by Rosen, a static test - where the rocket engine is fired but the rocket remains on the pad - went bad when the rocket left the launch pad completely out of control. Housing for the families of the workers was close enough to be within range. Luckily the rocket landed in the desert and did not hurt anyone.
- GoofsWhen Frank tightens the cap to prevent the corrosive liquid from leaking out, he uses his bare hand which leads to severe burning, rather than simply using his shirt or scarf for protection. He easily could have used a wrench from the tool box his mechanic was using at the time.
- Quotes
Mitch Barton: If we run out of oil, we'll spit in the engine.
- ConnectionsRemake of The Wages of Fear (1953)
- SoundtracksBreezing Along With The Breeze
by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons (as Seymour B. Simons) and Richard A. Whiting (ASCAP)
Marlong Music Corp./Remick Music Corp.
Sung by Sean Garrison
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"Drivers Wanted. Dangerous Work. High Pay."
While I can't say I prefer this film to either Wages of Fear or Sorcerer, I agree that it is pretty enjoyable. Some of the wisecracks and banter are pure 1950's hard-boiled pulp, and Brian Keith has never been better as a certain type of swaggering man's man particular to that Era.
"Walker would shrink his own mother's head for a dollar."
"I'm not allergic to a buck, either."
"You pull a stunt like that again I'll rub yer head in the sand til its hamburger!"
While all of this is certainly amusing in a time capsule kind of way, the film itself plays like the storyboards to a much more tension-filled film. Compared to the trials and tribulations undergone by the doomed men in both Wages of Fear and Sorcerer, the journey in Violent Road is rather muted. But still, an enjoyable way to spend an hour and twenty eight minutes.
"Walker would shrink his own mother's head for a dollar."
"I'm not allergic to a buck, either."
"You pull a stunt like that again I'll rub yer head in the sand til its hamburger!"
While all of this is certainly amusing in a time capsule kind of way, the film itself plays like the storyboards to a much more tension-filled film. Compared to the trials and tribulations undergone by the doomed men in both Wages of Fear and Sorcerer, the journey in Violent Road is rather muted. But still, an enjoyable way to spend an hour and twenty eight minutes.
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- raegan_butcher
- Dec 25, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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