
Shoot the Piano Player
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.
Release Date: 1960-11-25
Drama
Thriller
Crime
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Casts

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

Albert Rémy
as Chico Saroyan

Daniel Boulanger
as Ernest

Alex Joffé
as Passerby

Boby Lapointe
as Le chanteur