Shoot the Piano Player

7.2 / 10

(393 votes)

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.

Country:

France

Genre:

Drama,

Thriller,

Crime

Duration:

85 minutes

Year:

1960

Director:

François Truffaut

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Company:

Les Films de la Pléiade

Cast:
Charles Aznavour

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Marie Dubois

Léna

Nicole Berger

Thérèse Saroyan

Michèle Mercier

Clarisse

Serge Davri

Plyne

Crew:
Claudine Bouché

Editor

Pierre Braunberger

Producer

Georges Delerue

Original Music Composer

Raoul Coutard

Director of Photography

François Truffaut

Director