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Shoot the Piano Player

François Truffaut, Brilliant Director Who Gave You the Award Winning "The 400 Blows", Now Brings to the Screen a Fascinating New Work That Plays in Many Keys...All of Them Delightful!

7.2(460)19601h 25m4

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • based on novel or book
  • jazz
  • jazz singer or musician
  • jazz club
  • organized crime
  • black and white
  • pianist
  • french noir
  • neo-noir

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France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR23 Jul 1962
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon Film Festival21 Oct 1960
    • Theatrical8 Dec 1960
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical4 Apr 1961
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP25 Nov 1960
  • GermanyDE

    • TheatricalWest Germany25 Nov 1960
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical27 Oct 1961
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG23 Jul 1963
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD6 May 2013
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT187 Oct 2001

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Shoot the Piano Player was released on 25 November 1960.

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    Steve

    10/3/2018

    10/10

    noiroftheweek.com : This isn't the golden age of film noir right now. Nearly every crime film released has critics noting their "noir look" or style. The latest crime films have more to do with comic books and video games than old classic noir. Having a young actor stand in the rain with a fedora looking all squinty and gloomy isn't noir. Bleak Nordic crime TV shows are probably the closest you're going to get now…

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