Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
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!
92 min
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
- November 25, 1960
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Charles Aznavour as Charlie Koller
- 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
- Claude Heymann as Lars Schmeel
- Alex Joffé as Passerby
- Boby Lapointe as Le chanteur
- Catherine Lutz as Mammy
- Alice Sapritch as Concierge (uncredited)
- Charles Aznavour as Edouard Saroyan
Crew
- François Truffaut · Director
- David Goodis · Writer
- François Truffaut · Writer
- Marcel Moussy · Writer
- Pierre Braunberger · Producer
- Georges Delerue · Composer
- Raoul Coutard · Cinematographer
- Claudine Bouché · Editor
- Cécile Decugis · Editor