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Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

Overview

DramaThrillerCrime

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.

Flag of FRFRFrench
Content warning
based on novel or bookjazz singer or musicianneo-noirblack and whiteorganized crimefrench noirjazzpianistjazz club
François Truffaut

Director

François Truffaut

ReleasedNov 25, 1960
Runtime1h 25m
StatusReleased
Les Films de la Pléiade

Top Cast

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Marie Dubois

Marie Dubois

Léna

Nicole Berger

Nicole Berger

Thérèse Saroyan

Michèle Mercier

Michèle Mercier

Clarisse

Serge Davri

Serge Davri

Plyne

Claude Mansard

Claude Mansard

Momo

Richard Kanayan

Richard Kanayan

Fido Saroyan

Albert Rémy

Albert Rémy

Chico Saroyan

Daniel Boulanger

Daniel Boulanger

Ernest

Alex Joffé

Alex Joffé

Passerby

Boby Lapointe

Boby Lapointe

Le chanteur

Laure Paillette

Laure Paillette

La mère (uncredited)

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Tirez sur le pianiste : bande-annonce

Tirez sur le pianiste : bande-annonce

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