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| Director: | Howard W. Koch | 
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| Writer: | Richard H. Landau, Don Martin | 
| Staring: | 
| Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer to take explosive rocket-fuel chemical components, in three trucks, over back roads in rugged terrain to a remote missile base. Uncredited "remake" of The Wages of Fear. | |
| Release Date: | May 10, 1958 | 
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| Director: | Howard W. Koch | 
| Writer: | Richard H. Landau, Don Martin | 
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama | 
| Keywords | volunteer, remake, desert, truck driver, dangerous mission, marital discord, drunkenness, failed brakes, compulsive gambler, mystery woman, chemical leak, runaway bus, rocket fuel, deadly chemicals, unpaved roads, fatal injury, mountain road, children in peril, experimental fuel | 
| Production Companies | Aubrey Schenck Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Brian Keith | Mitch Barton | 
| Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | George Lawrence | 
| Arthur Batanides | Ben | 
| Sean Garrison | Ken Farley | 
| Dick Foran | Frank 'Sarge' Miller | 
| Perry Lopez | Joe | 
| Ed Prentiss | Mr. Nelson | 
| Merry Anders | The Girl in the Convertible | 
| Ann Doran | Edith Miller | 
| John Dennis | Pat Farley | 
| Joanna Barnes | Lawrence's Wife | 
| Peter Brown | Marine at Bar | 
| Pat Lawless | |
| Joel Smith | |
| Charmienne Harker | Margaret, Nelson's secretary | 
| Jack Lomas | Bartender Garnett | 
| Gil Perkins | Sheriff Sam Vincent | 
| John Veitch | Deputy "Track" | 
| Robert B. Williams | School Bus Driver | 
| Venetia Stevenson | Pat Farley's Dance Partner | 
| Asa Maynor | Ken Farley's Date | 
| Dennis Holmes | Randy Lawrence, boy | 
| Susan Adams | Cathy Lawrence, toddler | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Howard W. Koch | Director | 
| Carey Loftin | Stunts | 
| Richard H. Landau | Screenplay | 
| Carl E. Guthrie | Director of Photography | 
| Jack T. Collis | Art Direction | 
| Al Alleborn | Assistant Director | 
| Don Raubiere | Sound | 
| Frank M. Miller | Set Decoration | 
| Gordon Bau | Makeup Supervisor | 
| Don Martin | Story | 
| Leith Stevens | Original Music Composer | 
| John F. Schreyer | Editor | 
| Russell Saunders | Assistant Director | 
| Francis E. Stahl | Sound | 
| Louis Phillipi | Makeup Artist | 
| Bill Jobe | Wardrobe Designer | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Aubrey Schenck | Producer | 
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