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
Catherine Lutz
as Mammy
Alice Sapritch
as Concierge (uncredited)
Charles Aznavour
as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
Nicole Berger
as Thérèse Saroyan
Michèle Mercier
as Clarisse
Laure Paillette
as La mère (uncredited)
Daniel Boulanger
as Ernest
Alex Joffé
as Passerby
Marie Dubois
as Léna
Serge Davri
as Plyne
Claude Mansard
as Momo
Albert Rémy
as Chico Saroyan
Boby Lapointe
as Le chanteur
