
Release Date
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Original Release
November 25, 1960
1h 25m
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
â 7.285 min
Overview
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.
Director

François Truffaut
Department: Directing
âPopularity: 7.8
Cast

Charles Aznavour
Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
â0.5

Marie Dubois
Léna
â6.1

Nicole Berger
ThérÚse Saroyan
â1.3

MichĂšle Mercier
Clarisse
â4.9

Serge Davri
Plyne
â0.6

Claude Mansard
Momo
â0.2
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Richard Kanayan
Fido Saroyan
â0.1

Albert Rémy
Chico Saroyan
â1.9
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Jean-Jacques Aslanian
Richard Saroyan
â0.1

Daniel Boulanger
Ernest
â1.2
Genres
DramaThrillerCrime
Production Companies
Les Films de la Pléiade