Hell Drivers (1957) ( Hard Drivers )

Hell Drivers (1957) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Hard Drivers
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Cy Endfield

Written By:
Cy Endfield

Actors:
Stanley Baker ..... Tom Yately
Peggy Cummins ..... Lucy, Hawlett Trucking Secretary
Patrick McGoohan ..... C. 'Red' Redman, Foreman (Truck 1)
Herbert Lom ..... Gino Rossi
William Hartnell ..... Cartley, Hawlett Manager
Wilfrid Lawson ..... Ed, Hawlett Mechanic
Sid James ..... Dusty, Truck Driver (as Sidney James)
Jill Ireland ..... Jill, Pull In Waitress
Alfie Bass ..... Tinker, Truck Driver
Gordon Jackson ..... Scottie
David McCallum ..... Jimmy Yately, Tom's brother
Sean Connery ..... Johnny Kates
Wensley Pithey ..... Pop, Truck 4 Driver
George Murcell ..... Tub, Truck Driver
Marjorie Rhodes ..... Ma West, Landlady

Synopsis:

In this efficient British crime drama, Tom Yately (Stanley Baker) is an ex-con looking for honest work. He thinks he's found it when he takes a job as a truck driver, but he soon discovers that the trucking firm he's signed on with is not playing by the rules. Red (Patrick McGoohan), the company's best driver, and Cartley (William Hartnell), the manager, have created five fictional drivers who have been added to the payroll. The other staff drivers are given the shifts that the phony drivers are supposed to be working, while Red and Cartley divide their pay packets. When Tom attempts to expose the corruption at the trucking firm, he soon discovers that he's taken his life in his hands in the process. Keep an eye peeled for a supporting performance by a young Sean Connery (it was only his fifth screen role); the cast also includes Herbert Lom, Jill Ireland, Peggy Cummins, and David McCallum.

An ex-con tries to go clean and gets a job working as a truck driver, when he discovers that his peers in the union are scamming money by creating phantom drivers on the payroll and splitting the extra cash amongst themselves.

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