The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1958
Elevator to the Gallows
Directed by
Louis Malle
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
The story
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Cast
Jeanne MoreauFlorence Carala
Maurice RonetJulien Tavernier
Georges PoujoulyLouis
Yori BertinVéronique
Jean WallSimon Carala
Elga AndersenFrieda Bencker
Sylviane AisensteinYvonne, la Fille du Bar
Micheline BonaGeneviève
Gisèle GrandpréJacqueline Mauclair
Jacqueline StaupAnna
Marcel CuvelierLe Réceptionniste du Motel
Gérard DarrieuMaurice
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Charles DennerL'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier
Hubert DeschampsLe Substitut du Procureur
Jacques HillingLe Garagiste
Marcel JournetLe Président du Conseil d'Administration
François JouxCommissaire de Police
Iván PetrovichHorst Bencker
Félix MartenChristian Subervie
Lino VenturaLe Commissaire Cherrier
Jean-Claude BrialyLe Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
Nicolas BatailleUn Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
Pierre FragUn Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
Christian BrocardUn Consommateur (uncredited)
Guy HenryUn Inspecteur (uncredited)
Lucien DesagneauxUn Journaliste (uncredited)
Marcel BernierUn Policier au Commissariat (uncredited)
Roger JacquetGaston (uncredited)
Olivier DarrieuxLe Chauffeur (uncredited)
Alice ReichenLa Fleuriste (uncredited)
Robert BalpoUn Consommateur (uncredited)
Pierre DevilderPetit Rôle (uncredited)
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