A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing his latest job, is trapped along with group of people in a jammed elevator in a high-rise building.A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing his latest job, is trapped along with group of people in a jammed elevator in a high-rise building.A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing his latest job, is trapped along with group of people in a jammed elevator in a high-rise building.
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- Bruce Shelly
- David Ketchum
- Rhoda Blecker(uncredited)
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- TriviaRoddy McDowell and Carol Lynley co-starred together in The Poseidon Adventure (1972) before this.
- GoofsWhen the suitcase falls to the floor in the elevator and the money falls out, there is far less in the suitcase than there was when it was originally inspected and closed earlier.
- ConnectionsEdited into Earthquake (1974)
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This idea MIGHT have worked for a half hour TV show...but for a movie of the week?
The plot of "The Elevator" is incredibly simple. An armed robber is fleeing from his latest job and enters an elevator with several other people (his accomplices use another elevator). The elevator gets stuck...and so it remains for most of the film! This hardly seems like enough plot for a full-length made for TV movie...but apparently some folks thought it was. I suspect it was okayed for production because all sorts of disaster- type movies were the rage in the early to mid-1970s (such as Irwin Allen's "Towering Inferno", "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Earthquake")...and even the dumbest idea seemed like it would work. Plus, they had a couple over the hill actresses who were willing to work...another requisite for such a movie! But these other films had ideas which worked better (not great, mind you) because they weren't confined to one tight space and offered the possibilities of multiple perspectives. Not a recipe for a fantastic film...and a sad waste of Myrna Loy and Teresa Wright. Overall, you could certainly do a lot better than this formulaic and clichéd film. It's not horrible but isn't exactly a shining moment in the history of "The ABC Movie of the Week". It is, however, rather fun to watch near the end as there are several unintentional laughs!
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- planktonrules
- Mar 9, 2017
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- Fahrstuhl des Schreckens
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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