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Elevator to the Gallows

Original title: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.

1958 · NR · 1h 32m

Directed by Louis Malle

7.6

TMDB audience score
743 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Jeanne Moreau
    Florence Carala

  • Maurice Ronet
    Julien Tavernier

  • Georges Poujouly
    Louis

  • Yori Bertin
    Véronique

  • Jean Wall
    Simon Carala

  • Elga Andersen
    Frieda Bencker

  • Sylviane Aisenstein
    Yvonne, la Fille du Bar

  • Micheline Bona
    Geneviève

  • Gisèle Grandpré
    Jacqueline Mauclair

  • Jacqueline Staup
    Anna

  • Marcel Cuvelier
    Le Réceptionniste du Motel

  • Gérard Darrieu
    Maurice

  • Charles Denner
    L'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier

  • Hubert Deschamps
    Le Substitut du Procureur

  • Jacques Hilling
    Le Garagiste

  • Marcel Journet
    Le Président du Conseil d'Administration

  • François Joux
    Commissaire de Police

  • Iván Petrovich
    Horst Bencker