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