Shoot the Piano Player
1960 · directed by François Truffaut
- Rating
- 80/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Shoot the Piano Player (1960), directed by François Truffaut, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Charles Aznavour
- Marie Dubois
- Nicole Berger
- Michèle Mercier
- Serge Davri
- Claude Mansard
- Richard Kanayan
- Albert Rémy
- Jean-Jacques Aslanian
- Daniel Boulanger
Crew
- Raoul Coutard — Director of Photography
- Claudine Bouché — Editor
- Cécile Decugis — Editor
- Georges Delerue — Original Music Composer
More from François Truffaut
- The 400 Blows (1959) — 100/100 · hit
- Day for Night (1973) — 87/100 · hit
- Jules and Jim (1962) — 84/100 · hit
- Stolen Kisses (1968) — 83/100 · hit
- The Wild Child (1970) — 82/100 · hit
- Small Change (1976) — 80/100 · hit
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