Movie

Shoot the Piano Player

Released: November 25, 1960 (1960)

Runtime: 85 minutes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Albert Rémy as Chico Saroyan
Age at release: 49
Serge Davri as Plyne
Age at release: 41
Claude Mansard as Momo
Age at release: 38
Boby Lapointe as Le chanteur
Age at release: 38
Charles Aznavour as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
Age at release: 36
Nicole Berger as Thérèse Saroyan
Age at release: 26
Marie Dubois as Léna
Age at release: 23
Michèle Mercier as Clarisse
Age at release: 21
Richard Kanayan as Fido Saroyan
Age at release: Unknown
Jean-Jacques Aslanian as Richard Saroyan
Age at release: Unknown

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Laure Paillette as La mère (uncredited)
Age at release: 64
Alice Sapritch as Concierge (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
Catherine Lutz as Mammy
Age at release: Unknown