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!
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.
François TruffautDirector
David GoodisNovel
Top Billed Cast
Charles Aznavour
Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
Marie Dubois
Léna
Nicole Berger
Thérèse Saroyan
Michèle Mercier
Clarisse
Serge Davri
Plyne
Claude Mansard
Momo
Albert Rémy
Chico Saroyan
Daniel Boulanger
Ernest
Alex Joffé
Passerby
Boby Lapointe
Le chanteur
Catherine Lutz
Mammy
Laure Paillette
La mère (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
Concierge (uncredited)
