Shoot the Piano Player (1960)1h25
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Director François Truffaut (7.2 avg)
Also directed The 400 Blows, Fahrenheit 451, Jules and Jim, and 23 more
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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Cast
Charles Aznavour
Marie Dubois
Nicole Berger
Michèle Mercier
Serge Davri
Claude Mansard
Richard Kanayan
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