Hell Drivers Page #4

Synopsis: Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to start working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too few runs in a day? You're out. Red is the most experienced trucker; he can do 18 runs in a day. Tom soon makes friends with Lucy, the secretary, and Gino, a driver. But the record of Red intrigues him and he wants to break it. Gino advises against it, but he helps Tom when he wants to go through with it. Soon trouble begins when Red and the other drivers form a united front against Tom. Just when Tom has enough and decides to pack his bags, Lucy tells him Gino had a terrible accident. She also tells about the corruption of Hawlett Trucking.
Director(s): Cy Endfield
Production: J. Arthur Rank Productions
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1957
91 min
130 Views


You mean she's not?

Oh, Lucy's like plenty of people.

Got to make a big impression, you know?

Because er... inside, they are...

...they're lonely.

That is the trouble with girls today.

All the time, they must fight for something.

Fight, fight.

You don't like her?

I love her. She's my girl.

Come over.

OK, come on.

Gino:
I tell you something very special

Lucy, she don't know yet,

but when I go back to Italy,

she's going to come with me.

We're going to have our own bambini.

During the war, I am prisoner here.

I like England. I think then I stay forever.

Now I think different.

Bella Italia is all I want.

That and Lucy.

A small place of my own,

the sunlight, the blue sky.

The blue sky, huh?

Do you think she'll go with you?

I pray she will, caro. I pray she will.

Come on get in there.

Hard luck.

- Come on, let's have another game.

- I'd better stop playing.

Come on, let's have something to eat.

- 18.

- 20.

That's 1 s/6d... 1 s/9d you owe me.

Grab a chair. I'll get us some matches.

- Hello. New one? Come to join us, have you?

- Yeah.

- What's the handle?

- Tom.

Mine's Dusty. There's Tinker.

- Stinker

- Watch it

- Barber Joe.

- Yeah, beautiful bonce.

Come on, Pop, wake up. Pop, meet Tom.

Scottie.

There's a seat going here. Sit next to me.

Oh, no, no, you can't do that

to the guest of honour.

- He's going to sit right next to me.

- Yes, you sit here, Tom.

Tinker:
Hey Dusty

The new one always gets the head of the table.

- You blab, I'll break your neck.

- You'll do what?

He's got to learn sometime, hasn't he?

This is our little Jill, the little darling.

Scottie:
treat her good

you get double portions.

He's big enough to look after himself.

Maybe you're right.

Er, my name's Tub.

Where are you from, mate?

Around.

That's up north somewhere, innit?

Go on, can't you tell a good

welshman when you hear one?

Cardiff, innit, mate?

- Near there. Place called Blaen Llechau.

- That's a horrible disease.

No, he's got the hiccups.

Dusty, give him some water.

So you're going to join the hell drivers, are you?

He's a crack driver, I tell you.

He's come to take Red's place.

Have you got your coffin ordered, mate?

What made you decide

to put an end to it all, eh?

Johnny:
He's after the money

He's saving for the blind.

Dusty:
Hey Red! Red!

The water's getting cold.

There's no need to start anything, Red.

I'll get him to move.

Red...

give us it over here, Johnny.

As it comes? Nice and warm?

Gino

your cigar's gone out.

My place,

if you think you're good enough

to sit in my place, you'll have to prove it.

Huh?

Yep.

He's as brave as the rest of you.

Thought you were going to see something then,

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John Kruse

John Kruse (1921–2004) was an English film and television screenwriter, director and novelist. He is mostly remembered for his work on ITC classic TV series The Saint, as well as several films of the franchise, and as the author of the best-selling novel Red Omega. more…

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