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Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
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Louis MalleProducer
Jean ThuillierCast
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice RonetCountry
FranceRuntime
91 minAccessibility
Restless femme fatale Florence Carala (Jeanne Moreau) recruits her lover, Julien Tavernier (Maurice Ronet), to murder her wealthy husband, Simon (Jean Wall), in his office and make it appear like a suicide. Tavernier does the dirty deed eagerly, but becomes trapped in an elevator when he returns to remove a key piece of evidence he had accidentally left behind. Tavernier’s unfortunate oversight sets into motion a dark ripple of events that bloodies the cold Paris night.
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