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Shoot the Piano Player

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IMDB ID: tt0054389

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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.

French

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Charles Aznavour

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Marie Dubois

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Nicole Berger

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Michèle Mercier

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Serge Davri

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Claude Mansard

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Richard Kanayan

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Albert Rémy

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Jean-Jacques Aslanian

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Daniel Boulanger

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François Truffaut

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David Goodis

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François Truffaut

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Marcel Moussy

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