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04/05/1962 Crime, Thriller 1h 26m
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A casual meeting, a night of romance, a horror filled dawn.

Overview

On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.

  1. Marcel Bluwal

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Hossein

    Robert Herbin

  2. Lea Massari

    Marthe Dravet

  3. Maurice Biraud

    Adolphe Ferrie

  4. Robert Dalban

    Inspector

  5. Pascale Brouillard

    Nicole

  6. Jeanne Pérez

    Saleswoman

  7. Mag-Avril

  8. André Badin

    Cycling Agent

  9. Étienne Bierry

    Bistro Owner

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-12-26
Christmas comes once a year and I don’t want to spoil it.

For some time now those film lovers who have a kink for film noir have debated about years – the beginning and ending of this most wonderful style of film making. Rarely is French film noir taken into consideration, daft really since some quite superb French noir can be found in the 1960s, as America tailed off towards the back end of the 50s with their fascination for noir, some French film makers picked up the torch and kept it alight.

Le monte-charge (1962) (The Lift/The Hoist/The Elevator…) is a fine exponent of Frenchi...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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