Cinematic background from Shoot the Piano Player 1960 - 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.

Shoot the Piano Player

1960

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Directors:
François Truffaut
Writers:
Marcel Moussy, David Goodis, François Truffaut
Official poster of Shoot the Piano Player 1960 directed by François Truffaut