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Hell Drivers

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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.

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Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com Aug 22
Within the men of “Hell Drivers” you can see the archetypes of British masculinity that would come to dominate cinema for the next couple of decades. Go to Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia 06/09/2023
6/10
It reaches its highest degree of load in the truck sequences where Stanley Baker demonstrates his driving skills, but sometimes it crosses uneven roads. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 08/26/2010
B
The thriller is appealing for its no-nonsense approach. Go to Full Review Armond White New York Press 08/05/2009
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. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/04/2005
3/5
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nick s 06/27/2024 Excepting the fast-forward vehicle scenes, this movie had a gritty and believable vibe. In some places the story dragged a little but overall it stayed on track. Certainly a different slice of life. See more 09/14/2018 Gritty and realistic for its time, good storyline and good acting. Still enjoyable about 65 years on! See more 08/02/2018 Quite a wild ride! ?? See more s r @ScottR 04/28/2018 A frist class production with Sean Connery to boot. Great cast, direction, filming, and the story is a great time capsule of this type of work. Some of the plot was had gaps, but it still came together well. See more 05/24/2017 Dated and rather pedestrian drama in which a stolid Stanley Baker joins a road haulage business and finds himself at immediate odds with Red, a fag-clenching Irishman (played by a wildly hammy Patrick McGoohan). Hilarious undercranked sequences of lorries racing around Buckinghamshire are leavened by good supporting performances from George Murcell, Sean Connery, Sid James, William Hartnell, and an excellent one by Herbert Lom as Baker's roommate and love rival. See more 10/08/2016 classic British film. excellent drama around the lives of a wild group of lorry drivers! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Charles De Latour

Director

Stanley Baker

Tom Yately

Herbert Lom

Gino Rossi

Peggy Cummins

Lucy

Patrick McGoohan

C. "Red" Redman

Jill Ireland

Jill

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Hell Drivers

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Synopsis 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.
Director
Charles De Latour
Producer
Benjamin Fisz, Earl St. John
Screenwriter
Charles De Latour, John Kruse
Production Co
The Rank Organization [gb]
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 25, 2016
Runtime
1h 31m