Elevator to the Gallows

Elevator to the Gallows/ Lift to the Scaffold
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Louis Malle
Screenplay by	Louis Malle Roger Nimier
Based on	Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1956 novel by Noël Calef
Produced by	Jean Thuillier
Starring	Jeanne Moreau Maurice Ronet Georges Poujouly Yori Bertin Jean Wall Iván Petrovich Félix Marten Lino Ventura
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Edited by	Léonide Azar
Music by	Miles Davis
Distributed by	Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Release date	29 January 1958 (1958-01-29)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Elevator to the Gallows (French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), also known as Frantic in the US and Lift to the Scaffold in the UK, is a 1958 French crime thriller film directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as illicit lovers whose murder plot starts to unravel after one of them becomes trapped in an elevator. The scenario was adapted from the 1956 novel of the same name by Noël Calef.

Associated by some critics with film noir,^[1] and introducing new narrative, cinematographic, and editing techniques, the film is considered an important work in establishing the French New Wave and the New Modern Cinema.^[2] The improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis and the relationship the film establishes among music, image, and emotion were considered ground-breaking.