Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano Player (François Truffaut, Brilliant Director Who Gave You the Award Winning "The 400 Blows", Now Brings to the Screen a Fascinating New Work That Plays in Many Keys...All of Them Delightful!)

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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Top 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

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