Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

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.

Elevator to the Gallows (French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud; previously known as Frantic in the US), also known as Lift to the Scaffold (UK), is a 1958 French crime film directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as criminal lovers whose perfect crime begins

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She loves him. "Je t'aime, je t'aime," she repeats into the telephone, in the desperate closeup that opens Louis Malle's "Elevator to the Gallows" (1958). He needs to know this, because he is going to commit a murder for them. The woman is Jeanne Moreau, in her first role, [sic—Ed.] looking bruised by the pain of love. She plays Florence, wife of the millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala (Jean Wall). Her lover, Julien Tavernier (Maurice Ronet), is a paratrooper who served in Indochina and Algeria, in wars that made Carala rich. Now he works for Carala, and is going to kill him and take his wife.

Overview of Elevator to the Gallows, 1958, directed by Louis Malle, with Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, at Turner Classic Movies

"I'm the one who can't take any more." Louis Malle's 1958 film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) opens with an extreme close-up of Florence Carala (Jeanne Moreau) uttering these desperate words. "I love you," she continues. "So we have to. I love you. I won't leave you, Julien. You know I'll be there.…

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Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF) Starring: Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Wall Directed by: Louis Malle Synopsis: Julien Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) comes up with a seemingly foolproof plan for murdering Simon Carala (Jean Wall), the husband of his lover Florence (Jeanne Moreau) and also his boss.  But the plan unravels when Julien leaves behind a crucial piece of …

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