La salaire de la peur = Wages of fear
(Blu-ray)

Based on the novel by Georges Arnaud.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.

Special features: Video interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Clouzot biographer Marc Godin; video interview with 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; booklet: features an essay by novelist Dennis Lehane.

Cinematography, Armand Thirard ; editors, Henri Rust, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges Auric.

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck, William Tubbs, Véra Clouzot, Folco Lulli.

In a small, isolated, hot and dusty Central American village, there's only one thing to do: dream of getting out. An opportunity for escape presents itself, but only to those with nerves of steel. An American oil company has offered to pay big money to get two trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over to a well fire. The catch is that the unpaved terrain contains enough bumps and crags to make the unstable material explode, instantly killing the driver. Nonetheless, the company has many applicants hungry for work, and a quartet of the coolest are chosen. But even these stalwart men will discover that fear of their deadly payload can ignite even the most frozen emotions.

Blu-ray disc, region A, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital uncompressed monoaural, 1080p High Definition.

This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.

In French with optional English subtitles.