The Wages of Fear Blu-ray

Runtime: 153 min

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Véra Clouzot

Studios: Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Véra Films, Fono Roma, Filmsonor

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

Interviews

with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Marc Godin, biographer of director Henri-Georges Clouzot.

Interview with actor Yves Montand from 1988

Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Enlightened Tyrant, a 2004 documentary on the director's career

Censored, an analysis of cuts made to the film for its 1955 U.S. release

Program on the film's 4K restoration

Trailers

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by novelist Dennis Lehane and a compilation of interviews with the cast and crew of the film

Technical Specifications:

• Black & White
• 152 minutes
• Monaural
• In French, Spanish, English, Italian, and German with English subtitles
• 1.37:1 aspect ratio