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Shoot the Piano Player

Original title: Tirez sur le pianiste

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!

1960 · NR · 1h 25m

Directed by François Truffaut

7.2

TMDB audience score
461 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Jean-Jacques Aslanian
    Richard Saroyan

  • Daniel Boulanger
    Ernest

  • Claude Heymann
    Lars Schmeel

  • Alex Joffé
    Passerby

  • Boby Lapointe
    Le chanteur

  • Catherine Lutz
    Mammy

  • Laure Paillette
    La mère (uncredited)

  • Alice Sapritch
    Concierge (uncredited)