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A British crime drama. Tom Yately (Stanley Baker) is an ex-con looking for honest work. He thinks he's found it when he takes a job as a truck driver, but he soon discovers that the trucking firm he's signed on with is not playing by the rules.
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The 2-Disc Special Edition dvd contains the following Special Features:
1, Brand new commentary with Sound Assistant Harry Fairbairn and journalist Andrew Robertson.
2, Theatrical Trailer.
3, The Stanley Baker Story.
3, Look In On Hell Drivers.
4, Strip Cartoon Gallery.
5, Promotional PDFs.
6, Danger Man: Loyalty Always Pays (first shown; 28 Oct. 1965, Patrick McGoohan with guest stars...Johhny Sekka, Errol John, Earl Cameron, Nigel Stock & Ray Brooks.
7, Bruce Lewis interviews Stanley Baker (1960's).
8, Who Killed Lamb?: a Thriller starring Stanley Baker (1974 TV Movie), co-starring Denis Lill, David Swift & Derek Francis.
9, News footage of the unveiling of a plaque by Stanley Baker (1970).
10, Return to the Rhondda - documentary featuring Stanley Baker.
11, Commemorative Booklet.
12, Image Gallery.
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Stanley Baker plays an ex con struggling to find work. He is eventually employed as a driver for a haulage firm which isnt quite what it seems. He soon realises that the drivers are badly underpaid despite the numerous loads which they have to deliver during their respective shifts.
Many of the action sequences are quite funny at times, showing lorries being driven at tremendous speeds around hairpin bends. Obviously speeded up to look dramatic. What holds the film together however, is the superb cast. Apart from Stanley Baker, there is Herbert Lom, Sean Connery (before he became better known as THE James Bond) Sidney James, William Hartnell and Patrick McGoohan as the villain of the piece. The romantic interest is left to Peggy Cummins and the then unknown Jill Ireland.
Despite its low budget, its superbly directed by Cy Endfield (who went on to direct the superb Zulu) and filmed by Geoffrey Unsworth. Not a bad picture, and reasonable sound.
Many of the action sequences are quite funny at times, showing lorries being driven at tremendous speeds around hairpin bends. Obviously speeded up to look dramatic. What holds the film together however, is the superb cast. Apart from Stanley Baker, there is Herbert Lom, Sean Connery (before he became better known as THE James Bond) Sidney James, William Hartnell and Patrick McGoohan as the villain of the piece. The romantic interest is left to Peggy Cummins and the then unknown Jill Ireland.
Despite its low budget, its superbly directed by Cy Endfield (who went on to direct the superb Zulu) and filmed by Geoffrey Unsworth. Not a bad picture, and reasonable sound.
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By S. Hart
This is a great film, one of my all time favourits. Being a fan of classic cars, WW2 military vehicles, Sid James and Bill Hartnell this film is a treasure trove of Willys Jeeps, flying jackets and artillary men leather waistcoats! The cast has already been touched upon in other reviews and is full of top notch people but I feel I must mention Red, the drunken, bullying time setter and foreman of Bill Hartnell's boss, played to perfection with as much menace and sometimes comedy by Patrick McGoohan. The grin that hints of many pub brawls and of a broken jaw, the eternal presence of the roll up fag, the air of a ticking time bomb of violence waiting to explode in a second, a man who is king of his own jungle. What a character he was.
Little bit of info here, my Grandfarther used to be a builder for 50 years of his life, he did this kind of life style in the time the movie is set. We watched this film one saturday afternoon, he loved it but pointed out two things as follows.
1. The trucks use in this film, obviously speeded up, could only muster around 40 45 an hour unloaded and were prone to gear box death if driven to hard.
2. He also told me that Red was quiet a common character back then, he also said that McGoohan's performance was quite tame compared to his old work mates and foremen! Imagine Red magnified ten fold!
In short, buy it, watch it, enjoy the characters, the motor's, the wagons, the clothes and the great cliff hanger of an ending!!!
Little bit of info here, my Grandfarther used to be a builder for 50 years of his life, he did this kind of life style in the time the movie is set. We watched this film one saturday afternoon, he loved it but pointed out two things as follows.
1. The trucks use in this film, obviously speeded up, could only muster around 40 45 an hour unloaded and were prone to gear box death if driven to hard.
2. He also told me that Red was quiet a common character back then, he also said that McGoohan's performance was quite tame compared to his old work mates and foremen! Imagine Red magnified ten fold!
In short, buy it, watch it, enjoy the characters, the motor's, the wagons, the clothes and the great cliff hanger of an ending!!!
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
The best bit of this is that very few of the stellar cast were known to cinema viewers when this came out in 1957. It didn't end there, though.
We should face facts-every cliche in the book is in here, the special effects consist of repeated speeded-up film of stunt driven lorries hurtling round the same corners and country roads, meeting nothing more than pre-war Ford cars en route and Irish-American Patrick McGoohan's Irish accent is almost as unconvincing as Lithuian Herbert Lom's comic Italiano.
Who cares??
It's a rip-roaring film, moves along fast, has a supporting cast, apart from Herbert Lom, of William Hartnell, Jill Ireland,Sean Connery, Alfie Bass, Sid James & Gordon Jackson, and is only missing a loveable Cockney rogue amongst the lorry drivers, plus David MacCallum looking about 16!!
Yeh, it's violent and downright nasty at times, but so is life occasionally, as it was back then, too. You'll forgive it for all the above, plus the battle between ex-crim new Driver Stanley Baker, slowly smouldering beneath the bloody great chips on either shoulder that made him such a well-balanced individual, and top driver Red, Mr McGoohan, who is an even more combustible method-acting psychopath, who resembles dear old Robert Newton when he really gets aflame AND manages to have a thundering all-Gaelic punch-up with Stanley & STILL keep a lit fag in his mouth for most of the time!!
This really is one to savour-sometimes for the right, sometimes for the wrong reasons. But definitely one to savour!
We should face facts-every cliche in the book is in here, the special effects consist of repeated speeded-up film of stunt driven lorries hurtling round the same corners and country roads, meeting nothing more than pre-war Ford cars en route and Irish-American Patrick McGoohan's Irish accent is almost as unconvincing as Lithuian Herbert Lom's comic Italiano.
Who cares??
It's a rip-roaring film, moves along fast, has a supporting cast, apart from Herbert Lom, of William Hartnell, Jill Ireland,Sean Connery, Alfie Bass, Sid James & Gordon Jackson, and is only missing a loveable Cockney rogue amongst the lorry drivers, plus David MacCallum looking about 16!!
Yeh, it's violent and downright nasty at times, but so is life occasionally, as it was back then, too. You'll forgive it for all the above, plus the battle between ex-crim new Driver Stanley Baker, slowly smouldering beneath the bloody great chips on either shoulder that made him such a well-balanced individual, and top driver Red, Mr McGoohan, who is an even more combustible method-acting psychopath, who resembles dear old Robert Newton when he really gets aflame AND manages to have a thundering all-Gaelic punch-up with Stanley & STILL keep a lit fag in his mouth for most of the time!!
This really is one to savour-sometimes for the right, sometimes for the wrong reasons. But definitely one to savour!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Emanon
One of those films that once seen is never forgotten, not least because of the ensemble of actors featuring in it. Every time you watch it you seem to spot someone else, and it is a very rewatchable film. Where else would you find all those future icons of 1960s and 1970s film and TV - Stanley Baker, Sean Connery, Patrick McGoohan, Herbert Lom, William Hartnell, Sidney James, Alfie Bass, Jill Ireland, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson - all in one film? Surely a cornerstone of any "six degrees of separation" list...
The 2 disc Network release also includes a number of documentaries about Stanley Baker ("Return to the Rhondda" managing to be especially moving) as well as two full length TV dramas ("Who Killed Lamb?" starring Stanley Baker and "Danger Man: Loyalty Always Pays" starring Patrick McGoohan) and the usual trailers and short featurettes made during filming - including a gallery of a newspaper comic strip released by the film distributors at the time which would have told you (bizarrely) the entire plot. The commemorative booklet is exhaustive and the whole package (including an affectionate commentary which occasionally gets rather too fixated on the colour of the trucks and the abuse they suffered during filming) is a fitting tribute to a genuine, and very rewarding, British film classic.
The 2 disc Network release also includes a number of documentaries about Stanley Baker ("Return to the Rhondda" managing to be especially moving) as well as two full length TV dramas ("Who Killed Lamb?" starring Stanley Baker and "Danger Man: Loyalty Always Pays" starring Patrick McGoohan) and the usual trailers and short featurettes made during filming - including a gallery of a newspaper comic strip released by the film distributors at the time which would have told you (bizarrely) the entire plot. The commemorative booklet is exhaustive and the whole package (including an affectionate commentary which occasionally gets rather too fixated on the colour of the trucks and the abuse they suffered during filming) is a fitting tribute to a genuine, and very rewarding, British film classic.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fifities Action Film.
All Star cast headed by Stanley Baker and Patrick McGoohan. Tough uncompromising and ruthless truck drivers out to make a fast buck. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Nigel G Anthony
5.0 out of 5 stars
BRITISH FILM MAKING AT IT'S BEST
Hell Drivers is a gritty British film from the late 50's, and has a host of stars from the period, including Sid James, Stanley Baker, and a young Sean Connery, in one of his... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Graham
5.0 out of 5 stars
good film
a good film starring a lot of the big names of the day including Sean Connery before he was considered a star
Published 4 months ago by john o'neill
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good film
So I am told it was a gift for my brother in law so no complaints from him for a change!!
Published 5 months ago by Judy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gritty drama.
Brilliant film full of plausible characters. Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Patrick McGoohan all excel. I don't think there's a weak link in the whole film, even the trucks are stars!
Published 5 months ago by S. Swingler
3.0 out of 5 stars
Drive, he said
Made soon after the end of the war, when folks were still using old wartime gear (trucks, and Peggy Cummins jeep). Was Yateley also an ex-flyer? Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ms. L. R. Fisher
5.0 out of 5 stars
hell drivers
THIS FILM HAS PLENTY OF ACTION & IT BROUGHT BACK A FEW MEMORIES AS I SAW THIS FILM WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED & BEING EX LORRY DRIVER IT IS ALWAYS A TOPIC OF CONVERSION WHEN I... Read more
Published 15 months ago by KENNY BOY
1.0 out of 5 stars
not my thing
this film was a present and isnt one i would choose but the person loved it and that is all that matters
Published 16 months ago by hammerman84
5.0 out of 5 stars
waited a long time
I'd waited a long time for this movie to appear in DVD format, and I can only echo what other reviewers have written about it. It's a great movie. Read more
Published 20 months ago by D. Payne
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unless I'm pushed that is.
Ex-convict Tom Yately snags himself a job driving for haulage company Hawletts. The drivers are paid per trip, something that spurs the men on to drive faster and be more reckless... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2011 by Spike Owen
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