Hell Drivers (1957) on Netflix
Approved19571h 48mCrimeDramaFilm-Noir
Recently released, Tom Yately takes a driving job at Hawletts, where men race ten-ton loads over bad roads and falling behind means dismissal. Foreman Red holds the top place.
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- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb7.2/104,723 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes83%
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Plot summary
Hawletts hauls gravel, and its drivers must complete twelve loads a day over bad roads or lose their jobs; the fastest makes eighteen. Tom Yately, newly hired to truck 13, says he has been abroad. The depot mechanic takes him out on a trial run, and he swerves to avoid two Hawletts trucks speeding the other way. He lodges with other drivers and is befriended by Gino, an Italian in love with Lucy, Cartley's secretary. Red, the foreman and head driver, offers a gold cigarette case to any man who beats his runs in a day. Tom is set on trying, and Red keeps his lead by a shortcut no other driver will take.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hell Drivers (1957)
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- Jill Ireland and David McCallum met and married while making Hell Drivers, which gave early appearances to both; McCallum later starred in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Hell Drivers turned Stanley Baker into a local film star, even though the film did not make Kinematograph Weekly's list of the most popular films of 1957.
- The character of Tom Yately comes from Blaenllechau in the Rhondda, close to the birthplace of actor Stanley Baker, who plays him.
