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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 73% of the 786 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 25m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
453 audience votes
Key crew
- François TruffautDirector
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charles AznavourCharlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
- Marie DuboisLéna
- Nicole BergerThérèse Saroyan
- Michèle MercierClarisse
- Serge DavriPlyne
- Claude MansardMomo
- Richard KanayanFido Saroyan
- Albert RémyChico Saroyan
- Jean-Jacques AslanianRichard Saroyan
- Daniel BoulangerErnest
- Claude HeymannLars Schmeel
- Alex JofféPasserby
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1960
Shoot the Piano Player is #25 of 60
