---
title: 'Shoot the Piano Player (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'François Truffaut'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 79
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shoot-the-piano-player-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054389/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

1960 · 79 min · Drama, Comedy, Crime · France

Original title: Tirez sur le pianiste

## Synopsis

Shoot the Piano Player is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film directed by François Truffaut that stars Charles Aznavour as the titular pianist with Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, and Michèle Mercier as the three women in his life. It is based on the novel Down There by David Goodis.

## Credits

- **Director:** [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut)
- **Screenplay:** [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut), [David Goodis](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-goodis), [Marcel Moussy](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-moussy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Producer:** [Pierre Braunberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-braunberger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Raoul Coutard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-coutard)
- **Editor:** [Cécile Decugis](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecile-decugis), [Claudine Bouché](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudine-bouche)

## Cast

- [Nicole Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-berger)
- [Jean-Jacques Aslanian](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-aslanian)
- [Claude Heymann](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-heymann)
- [Serge Davri](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-davri)
- [Michèle Mercier](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-mercier)
- [Daniel Boulanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-boulanger)
- [Marie Dubois](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-dubois)
- [Charles Aznavour](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-aznavour)
- [Boby Lapointe](https://cinepixo.com/people/boby-lapointe)
- [Claude Mansard](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-mansard)
- [Alex Joffé](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-joffe)
- [Albert Rémy](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-remy)
- [Alice Sapritch](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-sapritch)
- [Laure Paillette](https://cinepixo.com/people/laure-paillette)

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