Directed by : Louis Malle <br />Produced by : NEF - Nouvelles Éditions de Films <br />Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 30 min <br />French release: 29/01/1958 <br />Production year: 1957 <br /><br />A self-assured businessman murders his employer, with help from the employer's wife, who is his mistress, thereby unintentionally provoking an ill-fated chain of events.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Times (UK): "Elevator to the Gallows was the perfect opening to the French New Wave in 1958."<br /><br />The Guardian: "What a supremely stylish and watchable picture it is."<br /><br />The Daily Telegraph: "Few debuts come punchier, cooler, and more influential than Louis Malle's 1958 thriller."<br /><br />Télérama: "Miles Davis' trumpet improvises to accompany Jeanne Moreau wandering through the streets. It seems to express the young woman's ineffable helplessness."<br /><br />More info: http://en.unifrance.org/movie/325/elevator-to-the-gallows
