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Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

NR ★ 7.6/10 92 min Crime, Drama, Thriller France French
Director: Louis Malle
Screenplay by: Roger Nimier, Louis Malle
Dialogue: Roger Nimier
Novel: Noël Calef
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Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.

Description

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

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Top Cast

Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau Florence Carala
Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet Julien Tavernier
Georges Poujouly
Georges Poujouly Louis
Yori Bertin
Yori Bertin Véronique
Jean Wall
Jean Wall Simon Carala
Elga Andersen
Elga Andersen Frieda Bencker
Sylviane Aisenstein
Sylviane Aisenstein Yvonne, la Fille du Bar
Micheline Bona
Micheline Bona Geneviève

Elevator to the Gallows Appears on 11 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #333
Essential Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #28
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #144

Critic Curated

Paste Magazine The 100 Best Film Noirs Of All Time
Paste Magazine #14
Paste Magazine The 100 Best French Films of All Time
Paste Magazine #88
Paste Magazines 100 Best Films Of The 1950s
Paste Magazine #57

Filmmaker Curation

Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #82
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #215

Genre Curation

100 Essential Thrillers by BFI
British Film Institute #30

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1950-1959 Films
Letterboxd #70

Movements

French New Wave
Letterboxd #05

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