

The Elevator(1974)
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.

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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.
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1974-02-09
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Strangers trapped in an elevator...suspended 32 floors above death...and somebody's out to make sure it's their last ride on...
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