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Title:

Elevator to the gallows / producer, Jean Thuillier ; screenplay, Roger Nimier, Louis Malle ; director, Louis Malle.

Edition:

DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Murder--Drama.
Adultery--Drama.
Mistaken identity--Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Crime films.
Feature films.

Other Authors:

Malle, Louis, 1932-1995. drt. drt.
Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962. aus.
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017, actor.
Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983, actor.
Calef, Noël, 1907-1968. Ascenseur pour l'echafaud.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Based on the novel by Noël Calef. Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. Wide screen (1.66:1). Special features: Interview from 2005 with Jeanne Moreau; archival interviews; footage of Miles Davis and Malle from the soundtrack recording session; program from 2005 about the score; Malle's student film Crazeolgie; trailers. Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Lino Ventura, Ivan Petrovich, Félix Marten, Elga Andersen, Gérard Darrieu, Sylviane Aisenstein, Charles Denner, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Claude Brialy.

Summary:

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 335.

ISBN:

1681433982
9781681433981

UPC:

715515209816

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)