Genres
Duration
85 min
Director
François Truffaut
Rating
7.2
Release Date
November 25, 1960
Shoot the Piano Player
Original title: Tirez sur le pianiste
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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 cast
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Charles Aznavour
Character:
Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
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Marie Dubois
Character:
Léna
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Nicole Berger
Character:
Thérèse Saroyan
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Michèle Mercier
Character:
Clarisse
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Serge Davri
Character:
Plyne
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Claude Mansard
Character:
Momo
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Richard Kanayan
Character:
Fido Saroyan
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Albert Rémy
Character:
Chico Saroyan
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Jean-Jacques Aslanian
Character:
Richard Saroyan
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Daniel Boulanger
Character:
Ernest
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Claude Heymann
Character:
Lars Schmeel
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Alex Joffé
Character:
Passerby
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Boby Lapointe
Character:
Le chanteur
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Catherine Lutz
Character:
Mammy
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Laure Paillette
Character:
La mère (uncredited)
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Alice Sapritch
Character:
Concierge (uncredited)
