Film Noir - Outside The United States

Outside The United States

"Générique" ("Nuit sur les Champs-Élysées") Sorry, your browser either has JavaScript disabled or does not have any supported player.
You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. The moody, evocative music improvised by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis's quintet for Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958) is regarded as one of the definitive noir scores.

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