Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano Player

85 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Nov. 25, 1960

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.

Shoot the Piano Player

85 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Nov. 25, 1960

Shoot the Piano Player
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Les Films de la Pléiade
Original title Tirez sur le pianiste
Directors Francis Cognany, Robert Bober, Bjørn Johansen, Suzanne Schiffman, François Truffaut
Writers David Goodis, Marcel Moussy, François Truffaut

Cast

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

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

Laure Paillette

as La mère (uncredited)

Alice Sapritch

as Concierge (uncredited)