Hell Drivers is a 1957 British film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan, Sean Connery and featuring the parrot-nose Dodge 123 tipper truck. The film was produced by the Rank Organisation and Aqua Film Productions. The plot of Hell Drivers circles around Joe 'Tom' Yateley who is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to start working for Hawlett's Trucking Company, which transports gravel. Trouble begins when he tries to expose his boss's rackets. Baker's character, Yateley, comes from Blaenllechau in the... Rhondda, very close to Baker's own birthplace of Ferndale. Footage of a Hawlett's lorry going over the edge of a quarry are reused in an episode of the Rank Organisation TV series Interpol Calling in the episode "The Heiress" The film was released on DVD in 2007 with many extras on the film including documentaries.
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| Release date: | 1957 |
| Directed by: | Cy Endfield |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Earl St. John |
| Cinematography: | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Screenplay by: | Cy Endfield, John Kruse |