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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.

1960 |1h 25m |  Drama, Thriller, Crime

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Cast

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Charles Aznavour

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

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Marie Dubois

Léna

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Nicole Berger

Thérèse Saroyan

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Michèle Mercier

Clarisse

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Serge Davri

Plyne

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Claude Mansard

Momo

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Boby Lapointe

Le chanteur

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Catherine Lutz

Mammy

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Laure Paillette

La mère (uncredited)

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Alice Sapritch

Concierge (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

French

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