Shoot the Piano Player

Release date: Nov 25, 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.

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Top Cast

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

LĂ©na

Thérèse Saroyan

Clarisse

Plyne

Momo

Fido Saroyan

Chico Saroyan

Richard Saroyan

Ernest

Lars Schmeel

Passerby

Le chanteur

Mammy

La mère (uncredited)

Concierge (uncredited)

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