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Aug 3, 2016 · Jeanne Moreau and Miles Davis during the recording of the music for Louis Malle’s film “Elevator to the Gallows,” in December, 1957. Photograph by AGIP / RDA / Everett. There are two...
Elevator to the Gallows ( French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud ), also known as Frantic in the US and Lift to the Scaffold in the UK, is a 1958 French crime thriller film directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as illicit lovers whose murder plot starts to unravel after one of them becomes trapped in an elevator.
Elevator to the Gallows. For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now legendary jazz score by Miles Davis.
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Elevator to the Gallows: Directed by Louis Malle. With Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin. 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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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Louis Malle
- 1958-02-01
Elevator To The Gallows. Buy DVD/Blu-Ray. Listen To Soundtrack. Release Date: Jan 29, 1958. Soundtrack: Ascenseur Pour L’echafaud. With his French quintet of the day—Barney Wilen, tenor saxophone; Rene Urtreger, piano; Pierre Michelot, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums—Miles composed and in the late hours of December 4 and into the next day in a ...
Aug 11, 2016 · It drew upon several major talents – director Louis Malle, star Jeanne Moreau, musician Miles Davis – and achieved near-legendary results with all of them. “Elevator” was the solo directing debut...
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Jul 29, 2005 · The film drew upon several talents, director Louis Malle, star Jeanne Moreau, musician Miles Davis and achieved near-legendary results. (Soundbite of music from "Elevator to the Gallows")...
