Versatile screen icon Peter Lorre portrays Janos Szabo, a kindly Hungarian watchmaker who turns to crime after being horribly scarred in a hotel fire on the day of he arrived in America.
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Shoot the Piano Player
After Édouard Saroyan learns that his illustrious career as a concert artist is the result of his wife sleeping with a top talent agent, he assumes a new identity as saloon pianist Charlie Koller—and proceeds to stumble though the criminal underworld and a new love affair in François Truffaut’s playful homage to American film noir. The iconic French singer and actor Charles Aznavour triumphs in a role Truffaut created just for him, delivering a performance hailed by Martin Scorsese as a major influence.
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