Shoot the Piano Player

Nov 25, 1960

1h 25m

★ 7.2

François Truffaut, Brilliant Director Who Gave You the Award Winning "The 400 Blows", Now Brings to the Screen a Fascinating New Work That Plays in Many Keys...All of Them Delightful!

Overview

Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Les Films de la Pléiade

Shoot the Piano Player Trailers

Cast

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Charles Aznavour

Léna

Marie Dubois

Thérèse Saroyan

Nicole Berger

Clarisse

Michèle Mercier

Plyne

Serge Davri

Momo

Claude Mansard

Fido Saroyan

Richard Kanayan

Chico Saroyan

Albert Rémy

Richard Saroyan

Jean-Jacques Aslanian

Ernest

Daniel Boulanger

Lars Schmeel

Claude Heymann

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