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!

85 mins
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.

Charles Aznavour

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Nicole Berger

Thérèse Saroyan

Richard Kanayan

Fido Saroyan

Albert Rémy

Chico Saroyan

Jean-Jacques Aslanian

Richard Saroyan

Claude Heymann

Lars Schmeel

Alex Joffé

Passerby

Boby Lapointe

Le chanteur

Laure Paillette

La mère (uncredited)

Alice Sapritch

Concierge (uncredited)

Georges Delerue

Original Music Composer

Raoul Coutard

Director of Photography

Jacques Mély

Production Design

Jacqueline Pipard

Makeup Artist

Serge Komor

Production Manager

Robert Bober

Assistant Director

Francis Cognany

Assistant Director

Bjørn Johansen

Assistant Director

Claude Beausoleil

Camera Operator

Raymond Cauchetier

Assistant Camera

Jean-Louis Malige

Assistant Camera

Suzanne Schiffman

Script Supervisor

Luce Deuss

Production Secretary

Roger Fleytoux

Administration

Marcel Moussy

Adaptation

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