The Elevator

The Elevator

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1974-02-09
Duration:75 min
Director:Jerry Jameson
Actors:James Farentino, Roddy McDowall, Craig Stevens, Don Stroud, Teresa Wright
Production:Universal Television

Overview:

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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