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Frantic 1958 3 stars

    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Scaffold

Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Ivan Petrovich, Lino Ventura, Elga Andersen, Felix Marten, Charles Denner, Gerard Darrieu, Sylviane Aisenstein, Micheline Bona

  Florence Carala (Jeanne Moreau) plots with her lover Julien (Maurice Ronet) to kill Florence's husband, Simon (Jean Wall), and make it look like a suicide. They proceed with their plan, but their "perfect crime" leads, instead, to their own doom.

Cast
Jeanne Moreau	Florence Carala
Maurice Ronet	Julien Tavernier
Georges Poujouly	Louis
Yori Bertin	Veronique
Jean Wall	Simon Carala
Ivan Petrovich	Horst Bencker
Lino Ventura	Inspector Cherier
Elga Andersen	Madame Bencker
Felix Marten	Subervie
Charles Denner	Inspector Cherier's assistant
Gerard Darrieu	Maurice
Sylviane Aisenstein	Secretary
Micheline Bona	Genevieve

Trial 1948 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Cast: Ewald Balser, Ernst Deutsch, Josef Meinrad, Heinz Moog, Ivan Petrovich, Gustav Diessl, Marianne Schonauer, Rega Hafenbrodl, Albert Truby, Aglaja Schmid

  Amidst anti-Semitism in Hungary during the 19th century, this film is the story of Jews who were represented by a famous lawyer in a murder case in which the "victim" was actually a suicide victim.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Frantic (1958)
aka: Elevator to the Gallows
aka: Elevator to the Scaffold
2. Trial (1948)

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