In this efficient British crime drama, Tom Yately (Stanley Baker) is an ex-con looking for honest work. He thinks he's found it when he takes a job as a truck driver, but he soon discovers that the trucking firm he's signed on with is not playing by the rules. Red (Patrick McGoohan), the company's best driver, and Cartley (William Hartnell), the manager, have created five fictional drivers who have been added to the payroll. The other staff drivers are given the shifts that the phony drivers are supposed to be working, while Red and Cartley divide their pay packets. When Tom attempts to expose the corruption at the trucking firm, he soon discovers that he's taken his life in his hands in the process. Keep an eye peeled for a supporting performance by a young Sean Connery (it was only his fifth screen role); the cast also includes Herbert Lom, Jill Ireland, Peggy Cummins, and David McCallum. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
The plot of Hell Drivers circles around Joe 'Tom' Yateley (Baker) 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"
DVD release
The film was released on DVD in 2007 with many extras on the film including documentaries.
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