Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

Aka: Lift to the Scaffold

Original title: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

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

Elevator scene from Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

Elevator to the Gallows (1958) Movie Poster

Director

• Louis Malle

Writers

Screenplay

• Louis Malle

• Roger Nimier

Based on Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

• by Noël Calef

Cast

• Jeanne Moreau as Florence Carala

• Maurice Ronet as Julien Tavernier

• Georges Poujouly as Louis

• Yori Bertin as Véronique

• Jean Wall as Simon Carala

• Lino Ventura as Police Commissaire Cherrier

• Félix Marten as Christian Subervie

• Iván Petrovich as Horst Bencker

• Elga Andersen as Frieda Bencker

• Micheline Bona as Geneviève, the secretary

• Gérard Darrieu as Maurice, the daytime security guard

• Charles Denner as Commissaire Cherrier's Deputy

• Hubert Deschamps as Deputy Prosecutor

Sources: IMDB & WIKI