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Quick Info

Rating

7.2/10

Release1960

Runtime1h 25m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Les Films de la Pléiade

Movie

Shoot the Piano Player

1960

1h 25m

7.2

Drama

Thriller

Crime

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.

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