Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
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 PlayerDrama, Thriller, Crime
Cast
- Charles Aznavour — Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
- Marie Dubois — Léna
- Nicole Berger — Thérèse Saroyan
- Michèle Mercier — Clarisse
- Serge Davri — Plyne
- Claude Mansard — Momo
- Richard Kanayan — Fido Saroyan
- Albert Rémy — Chico Saroyan
- Jean-Jacques Aslanian — Richard Saroyan
- Daniel Boulanger — Ernest
- Claude Heymann — Lars Schmeel
- Alex Joffé — Passerby
Where to watch Shoot the Piano Player
HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Darkroom, HBO Max
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