Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.
91 min
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
- Release date
- January 29, 1958
- Country of origin
- France
- Box office
- $263,404
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Cast
- Jeanne Moreau as Florence Carala
- Maurice Ronet as Julien Tavernier
- Georges Poujouly as Louis
- Yori Bertin as Véronique
- Jean Wall as Simon Carala
- Elga Andersen as Frieda Bencker
- Micheline Bona as Geneviève
- Gisèle Grandpré as Jacqueline Mauclair
- Jacqueline Staup as Anna
- Marcel Cuvelier as Le Réceptionniste du Motel
- Gérard Darrieu as Maurice
- Charles Denner as L'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier
- Hubert Deschamps as Le Substitut du Procureur
- Jacques Hilling as Le Garagiste
- Marcel Journet as Le Président du Conseil d'Administration
- François Joux as Commissaire de Police
- Iván Petrovich as Horst Bencker
- Félix Marten as Christian Subervie
- Lino Ventura as Le Commissaire Cherrier
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
- Nicolas Bataille as Un Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
- Pierre Frag as Un Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
- Christian Brocard as Un Consommateur (uncredited)
- Guy Henry as Un Inspecteur (uncredited)
- Lucien Desagneaux as Un Journaliste (uncredited)
- Marcel Bernier as Un Policier au Commissariat (uncredited)
- Roger Jacquet as Gaston (uncredited)
- Alice Reichen as La Fleuriste (uncredited)
- Sylviane Aisenstein as Yvonne, La fille du bar
Crew
- Louis Malle · Director
- Roger Nimier · Writer
- Louis Malle · Writer
- Noël Calef · Writer
- Jean Thuillier · Producer
- Miles Davis · Composer
- Henri Decaë · Cinematographer
- Léonide Azar · Editor
- Jean Mandaroux · Production designer
- Rino Mondellini · Production designer