
Directed by François Truffaut, the film follows Charlie, a former classical pianist now performing jazz in a seedy Paris bar under a new name. When his brothers Richard and Chico, on the run from gangsters they swindled, seek his aid, he helps them escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a bar waitress, must confront the gangsters hunting his siblings.
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François Truffaut

Albert Rémy
Chico Saroyan

Marie Dubois
Léna

Michèle Mercier
Clarisse

Charles Aznavour
Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

Nicole Berger
Thérèse Saroyan

Catherine Lutz
Mammy

Daniel Boulanger
Ernest

Jean-Jacques Aslanian
Richard Saroyan

Alice Sapritch
Concierge (uncredited)

Claude Heymann
Lars Schmeel

Laure Paillette
La mère (uncredited)

Claude Mansard
Momo

Serge Davri
Plyne

Boby Lapointe
Le chanteur

Richard Kanayan
Fido Saroyan
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