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.
| Production | Jean Thuillier | Producer |
| Sound | Miles Davis | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Roger Nimier | Screenplay |
| Editing | Léonide Azar | Editor |
| Camera | Henri Decaë | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Louis Malle | Screenplay |
| Directing | Louis Malle | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Boris de Fast | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Raymond Gauguier | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | Alain Cavalier | Assistant Director |
| Art | Rino Mondellini | Art Direction |
| Camera | Jean Rabier | First Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Madeleine Bibollet | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Kenout Peltier | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Jean Mandaroux | Art Direction |
| Production | Irénée Leriche | Production Manager |
| Production | Hubert Mérial | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Jean-Louis Castelli | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Vincent Rossell | Still Photographer |
| Camera | André Villard | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Francine Corteggiani | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Barney Wilen | Musician |
| Crew | Pierre Lax | Special Effects |
| Writing | Noël Calef | Novel |
| Art | Jacques Martin | Property Master |
| Art | Pierre Guffroy | First Assistant Art Direction |
| Writing | Roger Nimier | Dialogue |
| Crew | Jean-Paul Sassy | Technical Advisor |
| Sound | Kenny Clarke | Musician |
| Camera | André Bouladoux | Key Grip |
| Directing | François Leterrier | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | René Urtreger | Musician |
| Sound | Miles Davis | Musician |
| Sound | Pierre Michelot | Musician |
