Like Leclercq, Friedkin includes some additional thriller elements, but “Sorcerer” still generates its suspense from the volatile cargo in the trucks the characters are hired to drive.

Exorcist director William Friedkin remade the film in 1977 under the name Sorcerer. The 2024 remake, directed by French director Julien Leclercq, follows a similar premise and credits Clouzot as a ...