The Wages of Fear

The Wages of Fear

2024•1h 47m•6.2/10

Action

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.2/10(490)

When an explosion at an oil well threatens hundreds of lives, a crack team is called upon to make a deadly desert crossing with nitroglycerine in tow.

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Production

TF1 Studio, Labyrinthe Films, uMedia

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Franck Gastambide

Franck Gastambide

Fred

Alban Lenoir

Alban Lenoir

Alex

Ana Girardot

Ana Girardot

Clara

Sofiane Zermani

Sofiane Zermani

Gauthier

Astrid Whettnall

Astrid Whettnall

Anne Marchand

Bakary Diombera

Bakary Diombera

Djibril

Alka Matewa

Alka Matewa

Alka

Rabie Kati

Rabie Kati

Homme d'affaires

Joseph Beddelem

Joseph Beddelem

Pirate 1

Brice Bexter

Brice Bexter

Copilote de l'hélicoptère (as Brice El Glaoui Bexter)

Birol Tarkan Yıldız

Birol Tarkan Yıldız

Sarah Afchain

Sarah Afchain

Assia

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