Florence, is de sensuele maîtresse van de gedesillusioneerde oorlogsveteraan Julien. Hij werkt in het bedrijf van Florence's echtgenoot, een wapenhandelaar. Het leven van de hoofdpersonen raakt in een stroomversnelling wanneer Julien, opgejut door Florence, zijn baas met een revolverschot doodt.
Nee, helaas is Lift naar het Schavot nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Roger Nimier | Screenplay |
| Production | Jean Thuillier | Producer |
| Editing | Léonide Azar | Editor |
| Directing | Louis Malle | Director |
| Writing | Louis Malle | Screenplay |
| Sound | Miles Davis | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Henri Decaë | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Boris de Fast | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Kenout Peltier | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Rino Mondellini | Art Direction |
| Art | Jean Mandaroux | Art Direction |
| Editing | Madeleine Bibollet | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Raymond Gauguier | Sound Engineer |
| Production | Hubert Mérial | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Jean Rabier | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Vincent Rossell | Still Photographer |
| Camera | André Villard | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Alain Cavalier | Assistant Director |
| Production | Irénée Leriche | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jean-Louis Castelli | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Francine Corteggiani | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Roger Nimier | Dialogue |
| Directing | François Leterrier | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Pierre Michelot | Musician |
| Crew | Pierre Lax | Special Effects |
| Camera | André Bouladoux | Key Grip |
| Sound | Kenny Clarke | Musician |
| Writing | Noël Calef | Novel |
| Art | Jacques Martin | Property Master |
| Sound | Barney Wilen | Musician |
| Art | Pierre Guffroy | First Assistant Art Direction |
| Sound | Miles Davis | Musician |
| Sound | René Urtreger | Musician |
| Crew | Jean-Paul Sassy | Technical Advisor |
