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John Mottram (jmottram@squareworld.ndo.co..uk) writes:
'Hell Drivers' has long been a favourite because it collects together every 'tough guy' actor in fifties England. In the 'anyone for tennis' era there just weren't that many of them. Sid James, for instance, came all the way from South Africa.
The sheer pace of the movie can be attributed to director Cy Endfield's background in Hollywood B movies. He was a victim of the blacklist and came to England to keep on working in movies, as did more distinguished film-makers such as Joseph Losey.
The film is also notable as the first meeting of Stanley Baker and Endfield, who formed a production company and went on to make the epic "Zulu".
matt thomas (JuGriffiths@Cardiff.gov.uk) writes:
i was so taken by the film i went on to accidentally reanact it. I got a temporary job driving a tipper out of a quarry in South Wales ,payed by the number of loads it was furious ,i had the donkey jacket with the leather belt braced around it and even reenacted the fight scene ,taking Patrick Mc Goohans part unfortunatly.
slim (elwyn6@aol.com) writes:
i wish to know what trucks was used on the film
Dragon Breath () writes:
Argh!! not "was", it's "were" moron!
Incidentally, the trucks used are Leyland Comets.
Joe Yeatly () writes:
Argh!! Before you attack the grammar of others - who may or may not use English as their first language - you should research your "answer"
The trucks used in Hell Drivers were made by Dodge - they were certainly *not* Leyland Comets! They are sometimes called "Kew" Dodges; due to the fact they were made at the Dodge UK factory based at Kew.
John UK () writes:
Excellent film (I love the sped-up footage of the trucks!)
Thanks for confirming that the trucks were Dodges Joe.
Chris ( hansoph@blueyonder.co.uk) writes:
i would just like to add that the lorries were infact known as parrot nosed Dodges made at Kew in s.w. london. and had Perkins engines, the cabs were known as the LAD cabs this stood for Leyland Albion Dodge, but also Ford used this cab in the 4D the differance being the grills. I was also told that the quarry scenes was filmed in Godstone road in Croydon and the cafe shots was at the Riverside cafe on the Colnbrook by pass on the old A4.
phil rigby () writes:
drove a tipper for dg roberts out of redlands quarry llanarmon yn al just outside of mold north wales,limestone 10mm and tarmac carried in 20 ton loads. mon to fri and sat morn's till 12. shite job shite people and even worse lorries. dusty as hell a 250bhp f plate roadtrain that wouldn't pull a nonce of your daughter. £220 take home,only thing you get on the tippers is a wreath when you retire coz they all die of emphysema.good film though if a bit pie in the sky.
paul dunstall(not the bike one) () writes:
trucks in hell drivers were leyland comets, run by janes transport slough, now defunct, location filming stoke poges fulmer iver gerrards x
Keith Fontaine (cottagegarden@isot.com) writes:
Yes, those Dodge Kew's ran either the Perkins diesel, or the flathead 'six'
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