Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste)[]
1960, directed by François Truffaut
(IMDB Link) Criterion Summary: Part thriller, part comedy, part tragedy, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags, guns, clowns, and thugs, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague.
- Charles Aznavour - Charlie Kohler / Edouard Saroyan
- Marie Dubois - Léna
- Nicole Berger - Thérèse Saroyan
- Michèle Mercier - Clarisse
- Serge Davri - Plyne
- Claude Mansard - Momo
- Richard Kanayan - Fido Saroyan (as Le jeune Richard Kanayan)
- Albert Rémy - Chico Saroyan
- Jean-Jacques Aslanian - Richard Saroyan
- Daniel Boulanger - Ernest
- Claude Heymann - Lars Schmeel
- Alex Joffé - Passerby
- Boby Lapointe - Le chanteur
- Catherine Lutz - Mammy
- Laure Paillette - La mère (uncredited)
- Alice Sapritch - Concierge (uncredited)