Movie · 1960
Shoot the Piano Player
“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!”
Released 25 November 1960 85 min Drama / Thriller / Crime More from 1960 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Laure Paillette
as La mère (uncredited)
Claude Heymann
as Lars Schmeel
Albert Rémy
as Chico Saroyan
Alice Sapritch
as Concierge (uncredited)
Alex Joffé
as Passerby
Serge Davri
as Plyne
Claude Mansard
as Momo
Daniel Boulanger
as Ernest
Boby Lapointe
as Le chanteur
Charles Aznavour
as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
Nicole Berger
as Thérèse Saroyan
Marie Dubois
as Léna
Michèle Mercier
as Clarisse
Richard Kanayan
as Fido Saroyan
Jean-Jacques Aslanian
as Richard Saroyan
Catherine Lutz
as Mammy
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The numbers
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Laure Paillette — oldest on the call sheet
21Michèle Mercier — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast