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Florence Carala is crazy in love with ex-paratrooper Julien and they secretly plan to kill her husband, and his boss, Simon. They’ll make it look like suicide in Simon’s office and all details are carefully thought through. Having carried out the killing however, the former soldier finds himself trapped on his own in the office elevator and fails to make the agreed rendezvous with Florence. Meanwhile, two teenagers steal Julien’s sports car outside the building and end up shooting a German tourist at a motel. All the evidence points to one man...

Elevator to the Gallows was Louis Malle’s feature film debut, and he made it at the young age of 24. This classic film noir was also the breakthrough for Jeanne Moreau. The famous score by Miles Davis is unforgettably haunting.