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TO SUM UP
A woman (Jeanne Moreau) and her lover plan to murder her husband. But after he commits the crime, the lover becomes stuck in the building's elevator when the power is turned off. Legendary jazz musician Miles Davis lends a haunting score to director Louis Malle's first film.
A woman (Jeanne Moreau) and her lover plan to murder her husband. But after he commits the crime, the lover becomes stuck in the building's elevator when the power is turned off. Legendary jazz musician Miles Davis lends a haunting score to director Louis Malle's first film.
FILM FACTS ...
Rialto Pictures
'Elevator to the Gallows'
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Elga Andersen
Run time: 88 minutes
Release date: June 24, 2005 (restored print of the 1957 original)
Rating: Not rated. In French with English subtitles.
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READ THE REVIEW
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B+
"The plot doesn't bear too much scrutiny. The movie's chief pleasures are visual (the on-location, black-and-white shots of Paris at night) and aural (Miles Davis playing lead trumpet on the soundtrack). "
