Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1960-11-25
Runtime: 85 minutes
Director: François Truffaut
Top Cast
- Charles Aznavour as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
- Marie Dubois as Léna
- Nicole Berger as Thérèse Saroyan
- Michèle Mercier as Clarisse
- Serge Davri as Plyne
- Claude Mansard as Momo
- Richard Kanayan as Fido Saroyan
- Albert Rémy as Chico Saroyan
- Jean-Jacques Aslanian as Richard Saroyan
- Daniel Boulanger as Ernest
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