The feature-film debut of famed director Louis Malle is an interesting, modern film noir with the classic theme of lovers plotting to kill the husband and make it look like suicide (reminiscent of The Postman Always Rings Twice). Jeanne Moreau gives an astonishing performance, perverse but naive as she leads her young lover down a path that can only lead to doom for both of them.

Movie rating: 7.9 / 10 (24714)

Directed by: Louis Malle - Roger Nimier - Noel Calef

Writer credits: Roger Nimier - Louis Malle

Cast: Jeanne Moreau - Maurice Ronet - Georges Poujouly - Yori Bertin - Jean Wall

AKA: Elevator to the Gallows Elevator to the Scaffold Frantic, Frantic, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, Lift to the Scaffold, Elevator to the Scaffold

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