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Feature film — 1960

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

7.21h 25mDrama — Thriller — Crime

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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Director: François Truffaut

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Cast & crew

Charles Aznavour as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Charles Aznavour

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Marie Dubois as Léna

Marie Dubois

Léna

Nicole Berger as Thérèse Saroyan

Nicole Berger

Thérèse Saroyan

Michèle Mercier as Clarisse

Michèle Mercier

Clarisse

Serge Davri as Plyne

Serge Davri

Plyne

Claude Mansard as Momo

Claude Mansard

Momo

Richard Kanayan as Fido Saroyan

Richard Kanayan

Fido Saroyan

Albert Rémy as Chico Saroyan

Albert Rémy

Chico Saroyan

J

Jean-Jacques Aslanian

Richard Saroyan

Daniel Boulanger as Ernest

Daniel Boulanger

Ernest

C

Claude Heymann

Lars Schmeel

Alex Joffé as Passerby

Alex Joffé

Passerby

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