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ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS French 1p OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6w036 ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS French 1p 1958 Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'echafaud, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/13/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 47 1/4" x 63" [120 x 160 cm]) (Learn More) Ascenseur pour l'echafaud (released in the U.S. in 1961 as "Frantic" and also as "Elevator to the Gallows", its more well-known English title), the 1958 Louis Malle French crime thriller ("More Hitchcock than Hitchcock! More thrills and suspense and daring!"; with "original score composed and played by Miles Davis"; about a man who is having an affair with his boss' wife, and together they devise a plan to have the man kill the boss, but make it look like suicide; their plan seems perfect, but the killer makes an error, and when he tries to go back to correct it, he gets trapped inside the elevator!) starring Jeanne Moreau (billed as "Star of 'The Lovers'"), Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly (billed as "The French James Dean"), Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Juan Petrovich, Felix Marten, and Lino Ventura. Note that this was legendary French director Louis Malle's first feature movie (and he co-wrote the screenplay), and he clearly was strongly influenced by the plot of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity", but even more influenced by Alfred Hitchcock's style, and the movie is excellent. But Malle soon went in different directions in his movies, and one wonders what his career might have been like had he continued making movies like this one! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Willy Mucha Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie, which we have never auctioned before! We previously auctioned a two-color French one-panel that was printed by a different printer, but we have been told that both of them are from the first release of this movie in France in 1958. Condition: good to very good. The poster has black scuffing over the left half of the first word of the title. It may be a printing defect or it may have been added to the poster at a later time. It also has some small separation at some crossfolds and slight darkening on the folds, with some tiny tears in parts of the folds and borders. Learn More about condition grades 
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