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Elevator to the Gallows

Original title: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.

  • Movie
  • 1958
  • NR
  • 1h 32m

Directed by Louis Malle

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 743 votes

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A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

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Cast and crew

  • Jeanne Moreau

    Jeanne MoreauFlorence Carala

  • Maurice Ronet

    Maurice RonetJulien Tavernier

  • Georges Poujouly

    Georges PoujoulyLouis

  • Yori Bertin

    Yori BertinVéronique

  • Jean Wall

    Jean WallSimon Carala

  • Elga Andersen

    Elga AndersenFrieda Bencker

  • Sylviane Aisenstein

    Sylviane AisensteinYvonne, la Fille du Bar

  • Micheline Bona

    Micheline BonaGeneviève

  • Gisèle Grandpré

    Gisèle GrandpréJacqueline Mauclair

  • Jacqueline Staup

    Jacqueline StaupAnna

  • Marcel Cuvelier

    Marcel CuvelierLe Réceptionniste du Motel

  • Gérard Darrieu

    Gérard DarrieuMaurice

  • Charles Denner

    Charles DennerL'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier

  • Hubert Deschamps

    Hubert DeschampsLe Substitut du Procureur

  • Jacques Hilling

    Jacques HillingLe Garagiste

  • Marcel Journet

    Marcel JournetLe Président du Conseil d'Administration

  • François Joux

    François JouxCommissaire de Police

  • Iván Petrovich

    Iván PetrovichHorst Bencker

Director
Louis Malle
Writer
Louis Malle, Roger Nimier and Noël Calef
Music
Miles Davis
Cinematography
Henri Decaë