Shoot the Piano Player
1960 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 21,223 VOTES · DIR. François Truffaut
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,003 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:36 SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
00:05:04 CHARLlE KOLLER DANClNG NlGHTLY
00:07:58 with some candlesticks!
00:10:07 Or just bizarre.
00:11:56 No surgical dangers
00:13:57 Could it be glands?
00:16:48 They must have taken off that way.
00:19:58 I prefer pretty clothes to the sexy ones some girls wear.
00:24:18 No need for that.
00:26:46 I can make a car do anything I want.
00:29:06 Priests wear long drawers, jerk face.
00:32:03 I 've seen him somewhere before.
00:37:15 I'm fed up, you hear me? This is no life for an artist.
00:40:51 It's like she's struggling with something.
00:43:36 "You don't get it? Think about it. You'll figure it out."
00:47:19 Who is Charlie Koller?
00:51:36 Charlie's dead! Long live Edouard!
00:55:08 That's all I need.
00:57:55 I can't back down now. I've got to show them.
01:02:16 all those generations of hard-working men.
01:05:22 You may need this. - I'll call from the road.
01:08:52 Turn left at the crossroads.
01:11:48 What's that?
01:14:11 You had to come back, Charlie, 'cause we're all alike --
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,003
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:36
Final line01:14:11
Production Record
DirectorFrançois Truffaut
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes21,223