Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, also known as Elevator to the Gallows or Lift to the Scaffold, comes from director Louis Malle and features a script he co-wrote with Roger Nimier and Noël Calef (based on a novel). The film includes Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, and Jean Wall. Miles Davis composed the music, and Henri Decaë was in charge of cinematography. This is a sneaky, deliberately pa…