Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows

1958 · 91 min · FR · NR · 7.6 (529 votes)
Dir. Louis Malle · Starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Elga Andersen · Music Miles Davis

Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.

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

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A smoky, rain-slicked Paris night. A desperate plan unravels into a cascade of bad luck and mounting dread. This is classic noir, where every shadow hides a threat and the jazz soundtrack amplifies the suffocating tension.

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