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Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
Directed by François Truffaut
“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!”
Drama, Thriller, Crime · 1h 25m
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.
Cast
Charles Aznavour
Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
Marie Dubois
Léna
Nicole Berger
Thérèse Saroyan
Michèle Mercier
Clarisse
Serge Davri
Plyne
Claude Mansard
Momo
Richard Kanayan
Fido Saroyan
Albert Rémy
Chico Saroyan
J
Jean-Jacques Aslanian
Richard Saroyan
Daniel Boulanger
Ernest
C
Claude Heymann
Lars Schmeel
Alex Joffé
Passerby
Crew
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Novel
- David Goodis
- Director of Photography
- Raoul Coutard
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Editor
- Claudine Bouché, Cécile Decugis
- Producer
- Pierre Braunberger
Details
- Original title
- Tirez sur le pianiste
- Release date
- 1960-11-25
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Les Films de la Pléiade