Shoot the Piano Player
Tirez sur le pianiste
Drama
Thriller
Crime
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!
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.
1960-11-25
fr
Cast
Director
François Truffaut
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
Daniel Boulanger as Ernest
Alex Joffé as Passerby
Boby Lapointe as Le chanteur
Laure Paillette as La mère (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch as Concierge (uncredited)