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Shoot the Piano Player

Cast

Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Mich�le Mercier View All

Crew

Francois Truffaut (Director) View All

Release: Oct. 21st, 1960

Runtime: 1 hour, 25 minutes

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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