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based on novel or book organized crime pianist french noir
Shoot the Piano Player
Release Date: November 25, 1960
Year | : | 1960 |
Slogan | : | «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!» |
Genres | : | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
Production Companies | : | Les Films de la Pléiade |
Director | : | François Truffaut |
Producers | : | Pierre Braunberger, Roger Fleytoux, Serge Komor, Luce Deuss |
Writers | : | François Truffaut, François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy, David Goodis |
RunTime | : | 85 mins. |
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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Trailer: SHOOT THE PIANIST (1960) Theatrical Trailer - Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
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