Shoot the Piano Player

1960 · Directed by François Truffaut · 79 min · drama film, film noir, comedy drama

★ 7.2/10 · 456 ratings on TMDB

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.