Shoot the Piano Player

About Shoot the Piano Player

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.

François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player is a 1960 crime thriller film. Its themes are organized crime, jazz, pianist, and jazz singer or musician.

Charles Aznavour appears as Charlie Kohler, Marie Dubois as Léna, Nicole Berger as Thérèse Saroyan, and Michèle Mercier as Clarisse. It runs 85 minutes and was released in November 1960.

The film began as a novel. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel, Darkroom, and HBO Max.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, La La Land, and Killing Them Softly make useful companions to Shoot the Piano Player, all filed under jazz club. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 459 votes and it carries a NR rating.