Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

About

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 Malle

Screenplay by Louis Malle and Roger Nimier

Based on the novel by Noël Calef

Produced by Jean Thuillier

Cinematography by Henri Decaë

Camera Operators: Jean Rabier and André Villard

Music by Miles Davis

Editing by Léonide Azar

Production Design by Jean Mandaroux and Rino Mondellini

Makeup by Boris de Fast

Sound by Raymond Gauguier

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Credit

Louis Malle

Language

French

Subtitles

English

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