In de Zuid-Amerikaanse jungle zijn voorraden nitroglycerine nodig in een afgelegen olieveld. Het oliebedrijf betaalt vier mannen om de voorraden te leveren in twee vrachtwagens. Een gespannen rivaliteit ontwikkelt zich tussen de twee groepen bestuurders op de ruige afgelegen wegen waar de lichtste schok de dood kan betekenen.
Nee, helaas is Het loon van de angst nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Director |
| Editing | Étiennette Muse | Editor |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Georges Arnaud | Novel |
| Writing | Jérôme Géronimi | Screenplay |
| Editing | Madeleine Gug | Editor |
| Camera | Armand Thirard | Director of Photography |
| Production | Raymond Borderie | Producer |
| Production | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Producer |
| Writing | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Screenplay |
| Editing | Henri Rust | Editor |
| Directing | Roberto Savarese | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Robert Juillard | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jean Lallier | Camera Operator |
| Production | Louis Wipf | Production Manager |
| Art | René Renoux | Art Direction |
| Directing | Michel Romanoff | Assistant Director |
| Art | René Renoux | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Music Director |
| Production | Lucien Lippens | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Louis Née | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges Bouban | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Henri Jaquillard | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Jérôme Géronimi | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Lucienne Chevert | Still Photographer |
| Sound | William Robert Sivel | Sound Designer |
| Art | Marc Desages | Assistant Set Decoration |
