Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.
Susan Adams
- Kathy
- (uncredited)
Robert Alderette
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Peter Brown
- Marine Corporal
- (uncredited)
John Caler
- Marine
- (uncredited)
Joe Connors
- Crane Operator
- (uncredited)
Charmienne Harker
- Margaret
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe rocket launched at the beginning of the movie is a Viking rocket. According to "The Viking Rocket Story" by Rosen, a static test - where the rocket engine is fired but the rocket remains on the pad - went bad when the rocket left the launch pad completely out of control. Housing for the families of the workers was close enough to be within range. Luckily the rocket landed in the desert and did not hurt anyone.
- GoofsWhen Frank tightens the cap to prevent the corrosive liquid from leaking out, he uses his bare hand which leads to severe burning, rather than simply using his shirt or scarf for protection. He easily could have used a wrench from the tool box his mechanic was using at the time.
- Quotes
Mitch Barton: If we run out of oil, we'll spit in the engine.
- ConnectionsRemake of The Wages of Fear (1953)
- SoundtracksBreezing Along With The Breeze
by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons (as Seymour B. Simons) and Richard A. Whiting (ASCAP)
Marlong Music Corp./Remick Music Corp.
Sung by Sean Garrison
Featured review
Danger and tension as truckers haul volatile rocket fuel across desert terrain.
Brian Keith, with his patented wry and cynical wit, is perfectly cast to lead the heavy truck convoy of desperate men hauling explosive cargo in a race against time. This is a plot similar to "The Wages Of Fear (1954) and "Sorcerer" (1975), so it couldn't help but be a nailbiter if done well...and it is. But the script resists the temptation to lay down wall-to-wall action in favor of good character development through flashbacks, a well-used device but an effective one. Leith Stevens provides a good music score, even accompanying a trucker as he drives along singing "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" (before the inevitable problems begin, naturally). Violent Road was filmed near Lone Pine, California, with plenty of shots of crumbling cliffs, laboring diesel engines, spinning tires...all the neat stuff that cinema-action fans like, but with enough celluloid devoted to getting us to know the men behind the steering wheels and why they wanted the job to begin with. Recommended for all.
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- Mar 15, 1999
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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