Elevator to the Gallows
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement.
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
1958-01-29
fr
Cast
Director
Louis Malle
Jeanne Moreau as Florence Carala
Maurice Ronet as Julien Tavernier
Georges Poujouly as Louis
Yori Bertin as Véronique
Jean Wall as Simon Carala
Elga Andersen as Frieda Bencker
Sylviane Aisenstein as Yvonne, la Fille du Bar
Micheline Bona as Geneviève
Gisèle Grandpré as Jacqueline Mauclair
Jacqueline Staup as Anna
Marcel Cuvelier as Le Réceptionniste du Motel
Gérard Darrieu as Maurice
Charles Denner as L'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier
Hubert Deschamps as Le Substitut du Procureur
Jacques Hilling as Le Garagiste
Marcel Journet as Le Président du Conseil d'Administration
François Joux as Commissaire de Police
Iván Petrovich as Horst Bencker
Félix Marten as Christian Subervie
Lino Ventura as Le Commissaire Cherrier
Jean-Claude Brialy as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
Nicolas Bataille as Un Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
Pierre Frag as Un Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
Christian Brocard as Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Guy Henry as Un Inspecteur (uncredited)
Lucien Desagneaux as Un Journaliste (uncredited)
Marcel Bernier as Un Policier au Commissariat (uncredited)
Roger Jacquet as Gaston (uncredited)