In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
Yves Montand
as Mario Livi
Charles Vanel
as Mr. Jo
Peter van Eyck
as Bimba
Folco Lulli
as Luigi
Véra Clouzot
as Linda
Antonio Centa
as Camp Chief
Jo Dest
as Hans Smerloff
Darío Moreno
as Pepito Hernandez
William Tubbs
as Bill O'Brien
Darling Légitimus
as Rosa
Luis De Lima
as Bernardo
Grégoire Gromoff
as