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 |
| Writing | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jérôme Géronimi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Georges Arnaud | Novel |
| Production | Raymond Borderie | Producer |
| Production | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Producer |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Armand Thirard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Madeleine Gug | Editor |
| Editing | Étiennette Muse | Editor |
| Editing | Henri Rust | Editor |
| Art | René Renoux | Art Direction |
| Art | René Renoux | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges Bouban | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Louis Wipf | Production Manager |
| Production | Henri Jaquillard | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Lucien Lippens | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Michel Romanoff | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roberto Savarese | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Robert Juillard | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jean Lallier | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Louis Née | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Music Director |
| Camera | Jérôme Géronimi | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Lucienne Chevert | Still Photographer |
| Sound | William Robert Sivel | Sound Designer |
| Art | Marc Desages | Assistant Set Decoration |
