Elevator to the Gallows | New Orleans

Elevator to the Gallows
Directed by Louis Malle
Distributed by Janus Films
Starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly
1958, 1h31, France

In French with English Subtitles.

Femme fatale Florence Carala and her lover Julien devise a plan to murder her wealthy husband and stage it as a suicide. But when Julien becomes trapped in an elevator, their perfect crime begins to unravel, setting off a tense night of chance encounters, mistaken identities, and fatal consequences across Paris. Louis Malle’s striking feature debut is a masterful film noir, elevated by a legendary improvised jazz score by Miles Davis.

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