Claude Mansard

Part thriller, part comedy, part tragedy, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair.

A young thug driving a stolen car shoots and kills a police officer who was pursuing him. In Paris, he turns to an American girl, a student and aspiring journalist, who hides him while he tries to raise money to escape to Italy. But as the police pressure increases, so does his desperation.