Shoot the Piano Player
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!
7.2(446) 1960-11-25 85 minDramaThrillerCrime
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.
Full credits on TMDBCast & characters
Charles Aznavour
as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
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
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Jean-Jacques Aslanian
as Richard Saroyan
Daniel Boulanger
as Ernest
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Claude Heymann
as Lars Schmeel
Alex Joffé
as Passerby
Boby Lapointe
as Le chanteur
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Catherine Lutz
as Mammy
Laure Paillette
as La mère (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
as Concierge (uncredited)
