An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company owner who encourages competion amongst his drivers.
Stanley Baker
Tom Yately
Herbert Lom
Gino Rossi
Peggy Cummins
Lucy, Hawlett Trucking Secretary
Patrick McGoohan
C. 'Red' Redman
William Hartnell
Cartley, Hawlett Manager
Wilfrid Lawson
Ed, Hawlett Mechanic
Sidney James
Dusty, Truck Driver
Jill Ireland
Jill, Pull In Waitress
Alfie Bass
Tinker, Truck Driver
Gordon Jackson
Scottie
Director
Cy Endfield
Screenplay
John Kruse
Tagline
"Roaring Down the World's Deadliest Roads!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
The Rank Organisation
John Chard
September 15, 2019
Unless I'm pushed that is. Ex-convict Tom Yately snags himself a job driving for haulage company Hawletts. The drivers are paid per trip, something that spurs the men on to drive faster and be more reckless than your average employee. Making few friends at Hawletts, Tom uncovers shifty dealings between brutal foreman, Red, and Hawletts manager, Cartley. Something that ups the stakes considerabl...
CinemaSerf
November 12, 2022
Stanley Baker is at the top of his game in this drama. Recently released from prison, "Tom" struggles to find decent work until he alights on an haulage company run by "Cartley" (William Hartnell) who doesn't care so much about formalities and history, just about deliveries - the more and quicker the merrier. He joins a disparate group of colleagues where he befriends "Gino' (Herbert Lom) and anta...
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