Florence Carala and her lover, Julien Tavernier, want to murder her husband - Julien's boss - by faking his suicide. But after Julien's killed him, and had left, he remembers he's forgotten the rope outside the window which could implicate him, and he returns to the building to remove it
Directed By
Louis MalleWritten By
Louis Malle, Noël Calef, Roger NimierStudio
Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)Cast of Elevator to the Gallows
Jeanne MoreauFlorence Carala
Maurice RonetJulien Tavernier
Georges PoujoulyLouis
Yori BertinVéronique
Lino VenturaLe Commissaire Cherrier
Iván PetrovichHorst Bencker
Elga AndersenFrieda Bencker
Jean WallSimon Carala
Gérard DarrieuMaurice
Micheline BonaGeneviève
Charles DennerL'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier
Félix MartenChristian Subervie
Hubert DeschampsLe Substitut du Procureur
Jacques HillingLe Garagiste
Marcel JournetLe Président du Conseil d'Administration
François JouxCommissaire de Police
Jean-Claude BrialyLe Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
Gisèle GrandpréJacqueline Mauclair
Jacqueline StaupAnna
Marcel CuvelierLe Réceptionniste du Motel
Nicolas BatailleUn Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
Pierre FragUn Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
Christian BrocardUn Consommateur (uncredited)
Marcel BernierUn Policier au Commissariat (uncredited)
Guy HenryUn Inspecteur (uncredited)
Roger JacquetGaston (uncredited)
Alice ReichenLa Fleuriste (uncredited)
Sylviane AisensteinYvonne, la Fille du Bar
Robert BalpoUn Consommateur (uncredited)
Olivier DarrieuxLe Chauffeur (uncredited)
Lucien DesagneauxUn Journaliste (uncredited)
Pierre DevilderPetit Rôle (uncredited)