On this day in movie history - The Wages of Fear (1953 movie & novel):

The Wages of Fear

French title: Le Salaire de la peur,

directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot,

written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérome Geronimi,

based on the novel by Georges Arnaud,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on April 15, 1953.
Music by Georges Auric.

Cast:

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck, Véra Clouzot, William Tubbs, Darío Moreno, Jo Dest, Antonio Centa, Luis De Lima, Grégoire Gromoff, Josep Palau i Fabre, Faustini, Seguna, Darling Légitimus, René Baranger, Pat Hurst, Evelio Larenagas, Jeronimo Mitchell, Ricardo, François Valorbe, Rico Zermano.

Recommended reading:

The Wages of Fear

Original title: Le Salaire de la peur.

By Georges Arnaud.

Originally published in 1950.

This English language translation edition was published in 1968.

Paperback.

Avon edition.

ASIN: B000VDT4KS

Description:

Las Piedras, beaching port. There are hundreds of them, coming from who knows where, to forget the impasse of their existence in the tropics. For a handful of dollars, these low-rankers are ready to do anything. Ready to face kilometers of impassable track, behind the wheel of a dilapidated truck, to transport nitroglycerin. At the slightest deviation, at the slightest shock, it is death. An epic of pure anguish...

On this day in movie history - One Girl’s Confession (1953):

One Girl’s Confession

directed and written by Hugo Haas,

was released in the United States on April 6, 1953.
Music by Václav Divina.

Cast:

Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Glenn Langan, Helene Stanton, Anthony Jochim, Burt Mustin, Leonid Snegoff, James Nusser, Russ Conway, Mara Lea, Gayne Whitman, Leo Mostovoy, Martha Wentworth, Roy Engel, Jan Englund, Joseph Mell, Frank Mills.

On this day in movie history - The Blue Gardenia (1953):

The Blue Gardenia

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Charles Hoffman,

based on the novella The Gardenia by Vera Caspary,

was released in the United States on March 28, 1953.
Music by Raoul Kraushaar.

Cast:

Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey, Ray Walker, Nat King Cole, Dolores Fuller.

Born on this day – John Saint Ryan:

John Saint Ryan

Actor

Horse trainer

Equestrian

Stunt man

March 27, 1953 – April 3, 2025

Credits:

A Small Problem (1987); American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993); Babylon 5 (1995); Bad Cat (2015); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000); CIA II: Target Alexa (1993); Coronation Street (1987–1994); Cover-Up (1991); Crusade (1999); Cybill (1997); Dark Skies (1997); Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991); Emmerdale Farm (1987); EZ Streets (1996–1997); Floodtide (1987); G.B.H. (1983); Gargoyles (1995–1996); General Hospital (1963); Gunpowder (1986); Into the Darkness (1993); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); L.A. Heat (1997); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1995); MacGyver (1986); Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow (2023); Medicine Man (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1995); No Greater Love (1995); Out of the Wild (2019); Players (1998); Revolution (2012); Roar (1997); Roar: The Making of (1997); Scene (1986); Screen Two (1989); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994); Target Eve Island (1983); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999); The Agency (2001); The Assassinator (1992); The Butcher (2009); The Eye of Satan (1992); The Heidi Chronicles (1995); The Sharp End (1991); The Sweeper (1996); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Storyteller (1986); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992); Wipe Out (1988).

On this day in movie history - The Hitch-Hiker (1953):

The Hitch-Hiker

directed by Ida Lupino,

written by Ida Lupino and Collier Young,

was released in the United States on March 21, 1953.
Inspired by the true 1950–1951 Billy Cook murder case.
Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:

Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacío, Rodney Bell.