The Elevator

Strangers trapped in an elevator...suspended 32 floors above death...and somebody's out to make sure it's their last ride on...

A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing from his latest job, finds himself trapped with a group of people between floors in a high-rise building's elevator that is teetering on collapse.

1974

Crime·Thriller·TV Movie

1h 15min

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Top Billed Cast

James Farentino
Eddie Holcomb
Roddy McDowall
Marvin Ellis
Craig Stevens
Dr. Stuart Reynolds
Don Stroud
Pete Howarth
Teresa Wright
Edith Reynolds
Myrna Loy
Amanda Kenyon
Carol Lynley
Irene Turner
Arlene Golonka
Wendy Thompson
Barry Livingston
Robert Peters
Jean Allison
Mrs. Peters
Bob Fisher
Alan Rambeau
Paul Sorensen
Detective Lieutenant
Ed Deemer
Parking Attendant
Will J. White
1st Security Guard
Jack Griffin
Delivery Man
Jason Wingreen
2nd Security Guard

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