Hell Drivers (Original title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 26 August 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: C. Raker Endfield
Synopsis: Ex-convict Tom Yately takes a job as a truck driver carrying gravel for Hawlett's Trucking Company. After antagonising his competitive fellow drivers, Yately tries to expose the corruption at the heart of the company.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 108 mins Length: 9684 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1957not specifiedRelease type: UnknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 91 mins 40 secs - Length: 8250 Feet
Date: 13 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: Transnational maleness:the Italian immigrant in Hell DriversAuthor: GIRELLI, Elisabetta Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Analyses the function of the character Gino in the film HELL DRIVERS and how it reworks the traditional and contemporary images of the Italian male as opposed to the representation of British masculinity in the film.
In: The Film Daily v113 n103 27 May 1958 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v113 n103 27 May 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7421 11 Jul 1957 Page: 3
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7421 11 Jul 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2605 18 Jul 1957 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2605 18 Jul 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n283 August 1957 Page: 102
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n283 August 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v89 n7816 11 Jul 1957 Page: 5
Title: [Today's Cinema - v89 n7816 11 Jul 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v87 n7664 3 Dec 1956 Page: 5
Title: [Today's Cinema - v87 n7664 3 Dec 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7236 18 Oct 1956 Page: 4
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7236 18 Oct 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(28)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 8270 FeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-876419
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Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 8270 FeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-876419
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8251 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-674748
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 19402 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-764386
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8278 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-674749
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 26 August 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: C. Raker Endfield
Synopsis: Ex-convict Tom Yately takes a job as a truck driver carrying gravel for Hawlett's Trucking Company. After antagonising his competitive fellow drivers, Yately tries to expose the corruption at the heart of the company.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 108 mins Length: 9684 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1957not specifiedRelease type: UnknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 91 mins 40 secs - Length: 8250 Feet
Date: 13 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
(29)
©: The Rank Organisation Film Productions Ltd, Production Company: Aqua Films, Presents: The Rank Organisation, closing logo: British and Dominions Film Corporation, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: S. Benjamin Fisz, Production Manager: Bill Kirby, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: Stanley Hosgood, Continuity: Tilly Day, Screenplay by: John Kruse, C. Raker Endfield, Adapted for the screen by: C. Raker Endfield, From the short story by: John Kruse, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth, Camera Operator: David Harcourt, Editor: John D. Guthridge, Art Director: Ernest Archer, Set Dresser: Arthur Takson, Costume Supervisor: Yvonne Caffin, Make-up: W.T. Partleton, Hairdressing: Stella Rivers, Music by: Hubert Clifford, Sound Recordist: Robert T. MacPhee, Bill Daniels, [Sound Assistant]: Harry Fairbairn, Sound Editor: Jim Groom, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(26)
Stanley Baker (Joe 'Tom' Yately), Herbert Lom (Gino), Peggy Cummins (Lucy), Patrick McGoohan (Red), William Hartnell (Cartley), Wilfrid Lawson (Ed), Sidney James (Dusty), Jill Ireland (Jill), Alfie Bass (Tinker), Gordon Jackson (Scottie), David McCallum (Jimmie Yately), Sean Connery (Johnny), Wensley Pithey (Pop), George Murcell (Tub), Marjorie Rhodes (Ma West), Vera Day (blonde), Beatrice Varley (mother), Robin Bailey (assistant manager), Jean St. Clair (spinster), Jerry Stovin (Chick), John Horsley (doctor), Marianne Stone (nurse), Ronald Clarke (Barber Joe), Anthony John, Sandra Robb, John Miller ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
In: Cinema Journal v44 n4 Summer 2005 Pages: 44-56Title: Transnational maleness:the Italian immigrant in Hell DriversAuthor: GIRELLI, Elisabetta Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Analyses the function of the character Gino in the film HELL DRIVERS and how it reworks the traditional and contemporary images of the Italian male as opposed to the representation of British masculinity in the film.
In: The Film Daily v113 n103 27 May 1958 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v113 n103 27 May 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7421 11 Jul 1957 Page: 3
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7421 11 Jul 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2605 18 Jul 1957 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2605 18 Jul 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n283 August 1957 Page: 102
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n283 August 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v89 n7816 11 Jul 1957 Page: 5
Title: [Today's Cinema - v89 n7816 11 Jul 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v87 n7664 3 Dec 1956 Page: 5
Title: [Today's Cinema - v87 n7664 3 Dec 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7236 18 Oct 1956 Page: 4
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7236 18 Oct 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(28)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 8270 FeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-876419
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Digital materials(24)
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Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-498210
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Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-498210-2
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Description: DCDM - LTO5TIFF - BFI identifier: N-498212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DCDM - LTO5TIFF - BFI identifier: N-498212-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-498213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-498213-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierDuration: 109 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-498215
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - DVDBFI identifier: N-500808
Status: Master
Description: WAV - DVDBFI identifier: N-501140
Status: Master
Description: WAV - DVDBFI identifier: N-501141
Status: Master
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-516960
Status: Master
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-517003
Status: Status pending
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-517004
Status: Status pending
Description: DCDM - LTO5BFI identifier: N-517005
Status: Status pending
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-517006
Status: Status pending
Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierBFI identifier: N-517007
Status: Status pending
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-517012
Status: Master
Description: DCP - LTO5JPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-625320
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-516960-2
Status: Master
Description: DCP - LTO5JPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-630987
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-655717
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-655717-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 8270 FeetStock date: 1996BFI identifier: C-876419
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8251 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-674748
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 19402 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-764386
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8278 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-674749
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film