MB Gullwing Makes Film Debut in 50s

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If you love Gullwings you must see this. Rented in dvd(not streaming) from netflix Louis Malle's first film shot around 1955. Title: " Elevator to the Gallows" starring a young, obviously, Jeanne Moreau and a Gullwing coupe.

About mid-point in the film a French teenager in a black leather jacket steals the male lead's fifties American convertible. He ends up on a four lane highway racing a Gullwing. Follows it to a motel where eventually he steals it from its German owner. The teen and his girlfriend end up abandoning the car on a boulevard with the doors open!!

There is a scene at the motel where the teen car thief and the owner are examining the engine. Unlike the Master Card ads this really is "Priceless."

Enjoy,

Steve
 
If you love Gullwings you must see this. Rented in dvd(not streaming) from netflix Louis Malle's first film shot around 1955. Title: " Elevator to the Gallows" starring a young, obviously, Jeanne Moreau and a Gullwing coupe.

About mid-point in the film a French teenager in a black leather jacket steals the male lead's fifties American convertible. He ends up on a four lane highway racing a Gullwing. Follows it to a motel where eventually he steals it from its German owner. The teen and his girlfriend end up abandoning the car on a boulevard with the doors open!!

There is a scene at the motel where the teen car thief and the owner are examining the engine. Unlike the Master Card ads this really is "Priceless."

Enjoy,

Steve

i remember watching this film when i was 20, discovered the gullwing, and the fabulous miles davies
 
i remember watching this film when i was 20, discovered the gullwing, and the fabulous miles davies
Stan, watched on a dvd. Nothing to attach. Checked youtube, lots of clips but no time to see if the Gullwing appears in any. Steve
 
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