Nov 25, 1960
85 min
Full-HD

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

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.

Category

Drama Thriller Crime

Country

France

Companies

Les Films de la Pléiade

Charles Aznavour

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Marie Dubois

Léna

Nicole Berger

Thérèse Saroyan

Michèle Mercier

Clarisse

Serge Davri

Plyne

Claude Mansard

Momo

Richard Kanayan

Fido Saroyan

Albert Rémy

Chico Saroyan

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