PickFlick
Shoot the Piano Player

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!

1960•1h 25m•7.2/10
DramaThrillerCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.2/10(441)

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.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Les Films de la Pléiade

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Marie Dubois

Marie Dubois

Léna

Nicole Berger

Nicole Berger

Thérèse Saroyan

Michèle Mercier

Michèle Mercier

Clarisse

Serge Davri

Serge Davri

Plyne

Claude Mansard

Claude Mansard

Momo

Richard Kanayan

Richard Kanayan

Fido Saroyan

Albert Rémy

Albert Rémy

Chico Saroyan

Jean-Jacques Aslanian

Richard Saroyan

Daniel Boulanger

Daniel Boulanger

Ernest

Claude Heymann

Lars Schmeel

Alex Joffé

Alex Joffé

Passerby

Boby Lapointe

Boby Lapointe

Le chanteur

Catherine Lutz

Mammy

Laure Paillette

Laure Paillette

La mère (uncredited)

Alice Sapritch

Alice Sapritch

Concierge (uncredited)

Recommended

Detour

Detour

7.2
1945
Movie

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

Detour

1945
7.2
Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï

7.8
1967
Movie

After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.

Le Samouraï

1967
7.8
La Chienne

La Chienne

7.3
1931
Movie

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to the wretched Adele. By chance, he meets Lucienne, 'Lulu', and makes her his mistress. He thinks he has finally found love, but Lulu is a streetwalker, still in love with her pimp.

La Chienne

1931
7.3
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

6.6
1942
Movie

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

The Glass Key

1942
6.6
The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups

6.3
1973
Movie

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

The Seven-Ups

1973
6.3
Le Doulos

Le Doulos

7.4
1962
Movie

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?

Le Doulos

1962
7.4
The Outfit

The Outfit

6.8
1973
Movie

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.

The Outfit

1973
6.8
The Informant

The Informant

6.2
2013
Movie

A story centered on a man who works as an informant for the French border patrol.

The Informant

2013
6.2
Overdrive

Overdrive

6.1
2017
Movie

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

Overdrive

2017
6.1
Little Caesar

Little Caesar

6.9
1931
Movie

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Little Caesar

1931
6.9
Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

6.6
1948
Movie

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

Hollow Triumph

1948
6.6
Brute Force

Brute Force

7.3
1947
Movie

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Brute Force

1947
7.3

Similar Movies

Two Memories

Two Memories

4.2
1909
Movie

Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl and spends her time at parties with her friends. Henry has become very ill and wishes to see Marion one more time. He writes asking her to visit. When she recieves the note, she laughs and tosses it on the floor, but, later, on a whim, decides to take all her drunken friends with her to visit him. When they arrive, Marion finds Henry dead, clutching her portrait in his hand. She sends her friends away and falls to her knees in remorse. Mary Pickford's debut!

Two Memories

1909
4.2
No Image

The Poppy

1941
Movie

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The Poppy

1941
No Image

Stray Sheep

7.0
1955
Movie

1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Stray Sheep

1955
7.0
Forest Giant

Forest Giant

6.8
2020
Movie

Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.

Forest Giant

2020
6.8
Through My Window 3: Looking at You

Through My Window 3: Looking at You

6.8
2024
Movie

After the events of the summer, Ares and Raquel they don't see a way forward in their relationship and decide to go separate ways. But when they meet again in the winter in Barcelona, the love and desire they feel for each other is undeniable. Will they be able to find a way to get back together?

Through My Window 3: Looking at You

2024
6.8
The Hidden Trail of the Beasts

The Hidden Trail of the Beasts

7.6
1981
Movie

A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.

The Hidden Trail of the Beasts

1981
7.6
Boycott

Boycott

6.7
2001
Movie

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Boycott

2001
6.7
No Image

Živá voda

8.0
1981
Movie

Ivan Hálek, son of the famous poet Vítězslav Hálek, studied medicine and devoted his life to the Slovak countryside. In the poor Kysuce region, he not only treats the local villagers, but also makes an extraordinary contribution to education. At the same time, he struggles with lingering superstitions and mistrust. However, the hero and his young wife also become acquainted with folk customs, songs, and the colorful culture of the poorest. And he proclaims that only those who rid them of terrible mass poverty can provide these poor people with true living water.

Živá voda

1981
8.0
Our Kind of Traitor

Our Kind of Traitor

6.0
2016
Movie

A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

Our Kind of Traitor

2016
6.0
The Presence of Snowgood

The Presence of Snowgood

2025
Movie

A private investigator takes on an audacious local community where they seem to worship an ancient fabled crown and yet are not aware of the deadly horror and consequences that guard its true existence.

The Presence of Snowgood

2025
The Black Watch

The Black Watch

5.9
1929
Movie

Captain Donald King is sent to India to carry out a secret mission while the Black Watch, his regiment, leaves for France at the outbreak of the First World War.

The Black Watch

1929
5.9
The Girl from the Marsh Croft

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

6.1
1917
Movie

Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjury, which is not only a serious crime but a mortal sin as well.

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

1917
6.1
PickFlick Assistant
Hi! I'm your PickFlick Assistant. Ask me about movies, TV shows, OTT sources, or anything about PickFlick.

Powered by CopilotKit