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Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

★ 7.6 · 692 ratings on TMDB

Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.

Elevator to the Gallows poster★ 7.6

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

DirectorLouis Malle
CastElga Andersen, Georges Poujouly, Gisèle Grandpré, Jacqueline Staup, Jean Wall, Jeanne Moreau
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Elevator to the Gallows keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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