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Elevator to the Gallows (1958) [NR]

Release Date:
January 29, 1958

Original Title:
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

Alternate Titles:
Ascensor Para el Cadalso
Ascensor para o Cadafalso
Elevator til skafottet
Elevator to the Gallows
Felvonó a vérpadra
Frantic
Heisen til skafottet
Hissillä mestauslavalle
Lift naar 't schavot
Lift tapalavale
Lift to the Scaffold
Lift za gubiliste
Mia Nyhta tou Savvatou
Výtah na popraviště
Výťah na popravisko
Windą na szafot
Ασανσέρ για Δολοφόνους
Μια Νύχτα του Σαββάτου
Асансьор за ешафода
사형대의 엘리베이터

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  US: NR 

Runtime: 91

Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.

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

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Production

Art Direction:
Rino Mondellini
Jean Mandaroux

Assistant Director:
Alain Cavalier

Assistant Editor:
Madeleine Bibollet
Kenout Peltier

Camera Operator:
André Villard

Dialogue:
Roger Nimier

Director:
Louis Malle

Director of Photography:
Henri Decaë

Editor:
Léonide Azar

First Assistant Art Direction:
Pierre Guffroy

First Assistant Camera:
Jean Rabier

Key Grip:
André Bouladoux

Makeup Artist:
Boris de Fast

Musician:
Barney Wilen
Kenny Clarke
René Urtreger
Miles Davis
Pierre Michelot

Novel:
Noël Calef

Original Music Composer:
Miles Davis

Producer:
Jean Thuillier

Production Manager:
Irénée Leriche

Property Master:
Jacques Martin

Screenplay:
Roger Nimier
Louis Malle

Script Supervisor:
Francine Corteggiani

Second Assistant Director:
François Leterrier

Sound Engineer:
Raymond Gauguier

Special Effects:
Pierre Lax

Still Photographer:
Jean-Louis Castelli
Vincent Rossell

Technical Advisor:
Jean-Paul Sassy

Unit Production Manager:
Hubert Mérial

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