Hell Drivers (Hard Drivers)

Hell Drivers (Hard Drivers) (1957)

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In this efficient 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. Red (Patrick McGoohan), the… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Cy Endfield
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jul 23, 1957 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • David Fear, Time Out New York

    This is the stuff that B-movie dreams are made of, and Hell Drivers does its damnedest to deliver bottom-of-the-bill bliss.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The thriller is appealing for its no-nonsense approach.

  • Armond White, New York Press

    The working-class personal/political tension leads to a splendidly drawn immigrant characterization by Herbert Lom and the human drama of Baker dangling from a precipice. Both remain memorable.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    A pretty good movie with good actors, like McGoohan, but a story that's familiar. Still, I enjoyed seeing it on TV.

  • xGary X


    A very old fashioned melodrama about gravel delivery(?!) Only a cast of actors who went on to better things (including Sean Connery) makes it of interest.

  • Walter M


    "Hell Drivers" is a gripping, yet mildly predictable, road movie wherein the highway is a ten mile stretch of country roads where a group of truckers haul ballast from a mine to the main plant, led by Red(Patrick McGoohan) who is out to prove he is number one. After the… More

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