Product Details

• Actors: Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan, William Hartnell
• Directors: Cy Endfield
• Writers: Cy Endfield, John Kruse
• Producers: Benjamin Fisz, Earl St. John
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000Z0IBG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,506 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Hell Drivers [Region 2]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

[NON-U.S. FORMAT (PAL) Region 2 U.K. Import - This will not play on standard U.S./Canada DVD players or those from most other countries outside of Europe. You would need a "multi-region" or "region-free" PAL compatible DVD player or computer.] SYNOPSIS: When ex-con Tom signs up as a driver for a road-haulage company, he uncovers shady dealings going on between the viciously ambitious foreman and the sly, devious manager. The drivers are paid per trip, a situation which encourages reckless and dangerous driving, and the stakes are raised when a fatal accident has Tom vowing revenge.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hell Drivers Heavenly Cast., May 1, 2007

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Armchair Pundit "Armchair Pundit." (Durham City, England.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hell Drivers [Region 2] (DVD)

The speed at which this 1957 movie hurtles along means there isn't much time for character embellishment.

But character background isn't necessary in this story, as it's more situation then character based.

Synopsis.

A corrupt road haulage company (run by William Hartnell) forces it's drivers to risk their lives, (and the lives of other road users) by tempting them to break speed limits and highway code rules, in order to pick up bonuses.

One day a likable ex-con (Stanley Baker) turns up and signs on as a driver.

After making friend's with one of the other drivers (Herbert Lom), he crosses swords with the ambitious and emotionally volatile number one driver, "Red" (Patrick McGoohan).

So begins the main thrust of the movie as Stanley Baker's character keeps clashing with McGoohan's character.

Which eventually ends in tragedy for one of them!

For good drama to work it deserves good conflict, and this film has lots of conflict.

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The very memorable cast list includes.

Stanley Baker-(Zulu)

Patrick McGoohan-(Dangerman, The Prisoner)

Herbert Lom-(The Human Jungle, the Pink Panther films)

William Hartnell-(Doctor Who)

Gordon Jackson-(Upstairs Downstairs, The Professionals)

Sid James-(many Brit Sit-Coms, The Carry On Films)

Alfie Bass-(The Fearless Vampire Hunters)

David McCallum-(The Man from UNCLE, Sapphire and Steel)

Peggy Cummins-(Night of the Demon)

And in a "blink and you'd miss him" role, Sean Connery-(James Bond)

Also a very young Jill Ireland. (She later married Charles Bronson)

This film certainly made a change from my usual Sci-fi and comedy shows.

Three stars for the Film, and an extra two for the cast.

OPINION

A gritty realistic portrayal of 1950's working class life.

On sale at amazon.co.uk

Recommended.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hard boiled mid 50's British actioner, April 12, 2006

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F. J. Harvey "Cricket ,country music and a go... (Birmingham England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell Drivers [Region 2] (DVD)

This is that comparative rarity from the Britisgh cinema in the 50's -a strongarm drama .Its plot is downright melodrama and centres on the rivalries of a gang of truckers operating between a number of gravel pits and a hugh construction site .

Stanley Baker -one of the few UK actors of the era who could convince as a tough guy -plays an ex-con hired on as a driver and who falls foul of boss Patrick McGoohan when he discovers that McGoohan and another boss (William Hartnell)are running a scam by claiming there are 5 more hired drivers than is actually the case ,and pocketing the extra cash .They maintain the scam by working the other drivers illegally hard ,thus keeping the delivery schedule up to date ,despite the severe risk to men and machines this entails .

The driving sequences are good ,as are the performances especially from the ever excellent Herbert Lom as the likeable Italian driver Gino ,and McGoohan .

Look out also for a young Sean Connery in a movie made 5 years before Dr No and already showing definite screen presence .

The movie is restarined by today's standards but even so the love scenes between Baker and the heroine ,capably played by Peggy Cummins

This is not great movie making but it is an worthwhile little movie that acts a sprecursor to the working class themed movies like Saturday Night and Sunday Morning that came down the pike a short time later

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ROUGH ROAD, February 17, 2009

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Andrew Mangravite - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell Drivers ( Hard Drivers ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

Cy Enfield's "Hell Drivers" provides a interesting peak at a young Patrick McGoohan before he played John Drake and became cool. As Red, the belligent foreman of a crooked trucking firm he exhudes malevolence. The film itself is a tough action piece that plays a bit like a Warner Brothers film from the 1930s. As the ex-con who must work where he can, even when he knows the set-up is a rotten one, Stanley Baker pits his toughness and stoicism against William Hartnell's deviousness and McGoohan's free-flying fists. The always-reliable Herbert Lom is on hand as another outsider, an Italian driver who befriends Baker (big mistake) and the young Sean Connery plays one of McGoohan's admiring cronies.