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 antagonises the head honcho "Red" (Patrick McGoohan). As the story develops, he and the latter man become more and more competitive with increasingly perilous consequences. Cy Endfield and Geoffrey Unsworth work well together to create an intense and well photographed story of a rivalry that is lively and mobile for most of the film. Whilst some of that is a little repetitive, we are still moving at what seemed like break-neck speed, with a solid cast of regulars, until a conclusion that was both fitting and quite exciting. Gritty and well worth a watch.
Review of Hell Drivers
