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About
Four men from different countries flee to an impoverished South American village, Povernir, to hide from their pasts. When an oil well explodes, chaos and barbarism roam the streets. Desperate to leave, they agree to risk their lives to transport several crates of nitroglycerin across treacherous jungle terrain.
Theatrical
Jun 24, 1977
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 17, 1998
Box Office
$9.0M
Budget
$22.0M
Return
0.4x
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Film Properties International
Keywords
paris, france
life and death
new jersey
based on novel or book
central and south america
dynamite
explosive
car journey
jerusalem
cynicism
nicaragua
nitroglycerin
sin
remake
purgatory
oil
fate
poverty
terrorism
explosion
church
criminal
central america
south america
bandit
death
destiny
rope bridge
oil well
existentialism
nervous
Cast
Full credits →R
Roy Scheider
Scanlon / 'Dominguez'
B
Bruno Cremer
Victor Manzon / 'Serrano'
F
Francisco Rabal
Nilo
A
Amidou
Kassem / 'Martinez'
R
Ramon Bieri
Corlette
P
Peter Capell
Lartigue
K
Karl John
'Marquez'
F
Friedrich von Ledebur
'Carlos'
C
Chico Martínez
Bobby del Rios
J
Joe Spinell
Spider
R
Richard Holley
Billy White
A
Anne-Marie Deschodt
Blanche Manzon
J
Jean-Luc Bideau
Pascal
J
Jacques François
Lefevre
A
André Falcon
Guillot
G
Gerard Murphy
Donnelly
R
Ray Dittrich
Ben
F
Frank Gio
Marty
R
Randy Jurgensen
Vinnie
C
Cosmo Allegretti
Carlo Ricci
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WANTED. Four men willing to drive a cargo of death to escape a life in hell.
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Relentless Determination in Adversity
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Die "Really" Hard
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