Hell Drivers (film)
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| Directed by | Cy Endfield |
| Produced by | Benjamin Fisz Earl St. John |
| Written by | Cy Endfield John Kruse |
| Starring | Stanley Baker Herbert Lom Peggy Cummins Patrick McGoohan David McCallum Sean Connery |
| Music by | Hubert Clifford |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Editing by | John D. Guthridge |
| Studio | Aqua Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Rank Organisation |
| Release date(s) | 1957 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Hell Drivers is a 1957 British film directed by Cy Endfield starring Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan and Sean Connery, produced by the Rank Organisation and Aqua Film Productions.
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[edit] Plot
The plot of Hell Drivers circles around Joe 'Tom' Yateley (Baker) who is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to start working for Hawlett's Trucking Company, which transports gravel. Trouble begins when he tries to expose his boss's rackets. Baker's character, Yateley, comes from Blaenllechau in the Rhondda, very close to Baker's own birthplace of Ferndale.
[edit] Cast
- Stanley Baker as Tom Yately
- Herbert Lom as Gino Rossi
- Peggy Cummins as Lucy, Hawlett's Trucking secretary
- Patrick McGoohan as C. 'Red' Redman, foreman (truck 1)
- William Hartnell as Cartley, Hawlett's manager
- Wilfrid Lawson as Ed, Hawlett's mechanic
- Sid James as Dusty, truck driver
- Jill Ireland as Jill, Pull Inn waitress
- Alfie Bass as Tinker, truck driver
- Gordon Jackson as Scottie
- David McCallum as Jimmy Yately, Tom's brother
- Sean Connery as Johnny Kates
- Wensley Pithey as Pop, truck 4 driver
- George Murcell as Tub, truck driver
- Marjorie Rhodes as Ma West, landlady
- Vera Day as Blonde at dance
- Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Yately, Tom's mother
- Robin Bailey as Hawlett's Assistant Manager
- Jerry Stovin as Chick Keithley
- John Horsley as Doctor Attending Gino
- Marianne Stone as Nurse Attending Gino
- Ronald Clarke as Barber Joe
- Charles Lamb as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
- Hal Osmond as Station Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
[edit] Production note
Footage of a Hawlett's lorry going over the edge of a quarry are reused in an episode of the Rank Organisation TV series Interpol Calling in the episode "The Heiress"
[edit] DVD release
The film was released on DVD in 2007 with many extras on the film including documentaries.
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