Shoot the Piano Player
Tirez sur le pianiste
Release: 1960-11-25
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 7.2
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Films de la Pléiade
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Marie Dubois
as Léna
Michèle Mercier
as Clarisse
Serge Davri
as Plyne
Alex Joffé
as Passerby
Laure Paillette
as La mère (uncredited)
Daniel Boulanger
as Ernest
Catherine Lutz
as Mammy
Claude Mansard
as Momo
Boby Lapointe
as Le chanteur
Charles Aznavour
as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
Nicole Berger
as Thérèse Saroyan
Albert Rémy
as Chico Saroyan
Alice Sapritch
as Concierge (uncredited)
