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