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    Shoot the Piano Player

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    Poster of the movie Shoot the Piano Player
    Tirez sur le pianiste
    France
    1960     Dramatic thriller    
    1h 32min
    Original language: French

    Charlie (Charles Aznavour) is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard (Jean-Jacques Aslanian) and Chico (Albert Remy), surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena (Marie Dubois), a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters (Claude Mansard, Daniel Boulanger) arrive, looking for his brothers.

    Directed byFrançois Truffaut
    Written byFrançois Truffaut, David Goodis
    CompanyAstor Pictures CorporationAstor Pictures CorporationAstor Pictures Corporation

    Starring

    Charles Aznavour
    Marie Dubois
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