Elevator to the Gallows
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
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For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now legendary jazz score by Miles Davis. Taking place over the course of one restless Paris night, Malle’s richly atmospheric crime thriller stars Moreau and Maurice Ronet as lovers whose plan to murder her husband (his boss) goes awry, setting off a chain of events that seals their fate. A career touchstone for its director and female star, Elevator to the Gallows was an astonishing beginning to Malle’s eclectic body of work, and it established Moreau as one of the most captivating actors ever to grace the screen. Directed by Louis MalleScreenplay by Louis Malle and Roger NimierBased on the novel by Noël CalefProduced by Jean ThuillierCinematography by Henri DecaëCamera Operators: Jean Rabier and André VillardMusic by Miles DavisEditing by Léonide AzarProduction Design by Jean Mandaroux and Rino MondelliniMakeup by Boris de FastSound by Raymond GauguierStarring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Lino Ventura, Iván Petrovich, and Elga Andersen
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- Louis Malle
- Starring
- Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Elga Andersen, Sylviane Aisenstein, Micheline Bona
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