Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex - paratrooper want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. But after Julien has killed him and he puts his things in his car, he finds he has forgotten the rope outside the window and he returns to the building to remove it... (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime
AKAs: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Show all 3)
- Frantic
- Lift to the Scaffold
Country: France
Directed By: Louis Malle
Written By: Louis Malle, Noël Calef
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Elga Andersen, Jean-Claude Brialy, Lino Ventura, Hubert Deschamps, Charles Denner

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This was my first non-English speaking noir film. Despite not personally loving this movie, I can't recommend it enough. Malle has successfully merged French sensibilities -- this movie is French New Wave before French New Wave was a thing -- with the gritty American melodrama. Malle's obsession with Parians streets and highways in this movie are striking.
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